[INDOLOGY] Book Announcement: The Power of Hate Speech in Ancient India

[Shrikant Bahulkar]

Hi Jarrod,
Heartiest congratulations for your new publication. I'll be interested in
reading it.

On Thu, 3 Sept 2026, 23:29 Robert P. GOLDMAN via INDOLOGY, <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Hi Jarrod,
> What an interesting idea. A must read
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> Bob
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> Dr. R.P. Goldman
> William and Catherine Magistretti Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus
> and
> Professor in the Graduate School
> Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
> The University of California at Berkeley
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> On Sep 3, 2026, at 5:06 AM, Whitaker, Jarrod via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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> Dear Colleagues
>
> It's a pleasure to share with you all the news of the publication of my
> new monograph, *The Power of Hate Speech in Ancient India: Beasts,
> Demons, and Scorched-Earth Poetry *(Bloomsbury Academic, 2026).
>
> The Kindle version was available in August and the Hardcover is published
> today, September 3rd, from Amazon
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.amazon.com/Power-Hate-Speech-Ancient-India/dp/B0G2BSF6S8?_encoding%3DUTF8%26dib_tag%3DAUTHOR%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sMzkS8QuM-zqwrH7natJeo0n-MF5KxV2tg_ZVdaHqPfGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.r-bg2ctHYVzClYXKmGUrcrbfTp6XSSzegXnLGztAPaM&source=gmail-imap&ust=1789041991000000&usg=AOvVaw12hkEzXvUazvJFzWwbYvDM>or
> Bloomsbury
> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/power-of-hate-speech-in-ancient-india-9798216389606/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1789041991000000&usg=AOvVaw1-v3z7n-3xwohGyIYEhZpG>
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> https://tinyurl.com/3zt58kvs
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> https://tinyurl.com/4dc9wb5d
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> The book argues that early Vedic poet-priests deployed various forms of
> hate speech to negotiate interpersonal conflict and social status. It
> illuminates a lived reality in which ancient Indian ritualists had to
> contend with serious threats to the staging of their ritual performances
> from rival ritualists, members of the wider community, cultural outsiders,
> and even wild animals. Consequently, this book offers an in-depth study of
> how ancient Indian poet-priests construct and reproduce their identities
> and sociopolitical expectations in ritual performances through the
> ubiquitous use of ritualized hate speech. It provides hitherto unnoticed
> insights into the complex discursive practices, ethical values, and
> interpersonal relationships that ritual practitioners had to negotiate some
> three thousand years ago in north India.
>
> Table of Contents
> Introduction
> 1: Ritual Order Vs Monstrous Chaos
> 2: Hate Speech
> 3: Bráhman-Haters and Brahmáns As Haters
> 4: “Discord-Sowers,” Pests, and the Animal-Other
> Conclusion
> Appendix 1: Translation Of RV.7.104.1-25
> Appendix 2: Translation Of RV.10.87.1-25
> Appendix 3: Rgvedic Appearances of “Hate” as a Subjective Quality
> Bibliography
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>
> Cheers
>
> Jarrod
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> Jarrod L. Whitaker, Ph.D.
> Professor for the Study of Religions
> Department Chair
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> Department for the Study of Religions
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