Gananath Obeyesekere

17 books

The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific by Gananath Obeyesekere

The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific

Gananath Obeyesekere

336 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Awakened Ones: Phenomenology of Visionary Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere

The Awakened Ones: Phenomenology of Visionary Experience

Gananath Obeyesekere

644 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology religion informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka by Gananath Obeyesekere, Richard Gombrich

Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka

Gananath Obeyesekere, Richard Gombrich

504 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion reflective medium-paced
Imagining Karma, Volume 14: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth by Gananath Obeyesekere

Imagining Karma, Volume 14: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist, and Greek Rebirth

Gananath Obeyesekere

477 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative medium-paced
Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere

Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience

Gananath Obeyesekere

232 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative reflective medium-paced
The Awakened Ones: Phenomenology of Visionary Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere by Gananath Obeyesekere
The Awakened Ones: Phenomenology of Visionary Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere
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Gananath Obeyesekere

The Awakened Ones: Phenomenology of Visionary Experience by Gananath Obeyesekere

Gananath Obeyesekere

missing page info • first pub 2012 (editions)

The Buddha in Sri Lanka: Histories and Stories by Gananath Obeyesekere

The Buddha in Sri Lanka: Histories and Stories

Gananath Obeyesekere

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion sociology medium-paced
Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas by Gananath Obeyesekere

Cannibal Talk: The Man-Eating Myth and Human Sacrifice in the South Seas

Gananath Obeyesekere

340 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Creation of the Hunter: The Vadda Presence in the Kandyan Kingdom : a Re-examination by Gananath Obeyesekere
The Creation of the Hunter: The Vadda Presence in the Kandyan Kingdom : a Re-examination
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Gananath Obeyesekere

The Creation of the Hunter: The Vadda Presence in the Kandyan Kingdom : a Re-examination

Gananath Obeyesekere

191 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
The Cult of the Goddess Pattini by Gananath Obeyesekere
The Cult of the Goddess Pattini
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Gananath Obeyesekere

The Cult of the Goddess Pattini

Gananath Obeyesekere

648 pages • missing pub info (editions)

emotional informative reflective medium-paced