Astrology in India

<p>This book critically examines the larger world of astrology in India its ubiquity and relationship with religion caste gender class and aspirations.</p><p>It looks at astrology through an empirical and phenomenological lens analyzing different meanings and questions associated with it. How do people see astrology—as magic science religion or a knowledge system? The volume analyses the role of astrology in religious and social ceremonies; the interplay of faith and fear; beliefs practices mysticism and skepticism in middle-class households; and gendered negotiations in everyday life. It also delves into how astrology has emerged as a livelihood and an industry the continued fascination with it even in an era of technological advancement and its domination of the vernacular media. </p><p>Insightful and highly comprehensive this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of sociology political sociology social anthropology anthropology cultural studies gender studies and urban Sociology.</p>