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

[Lauren Bausch]

Congratulations on your new book, Jarrod!

All good wishes,
Lauren

Lauren Bausch
Professor
Dharma Realm Buddhist University

*sarveṣām eva śarma bhavānīti* | *Gopathabrāhmaṇa* 1.1.28


On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 1:02 AM Shrikant Bahulkar via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 3, 2026, at 5:06 AM, Whitaker, Jarrod via INDOLOGY <
>> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> 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>
>> .
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/3zt58kvs
>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tinyurl.com/3zt58kvs&source=gmail-imap&ust=1789041991000000&usg=AOvVaw3M_dnU5EUDW-4dkosgaKkx>
>>
>> https://tinyurl.com/4dc9wb5d
>> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://tinyurl.com/4dc9wb5d&source=gmail-imap&ust=1789041991000000&usg=AOvVaw2O1o5OIOydTDYOyTidb1sl>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jarrod
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jarrod L. Whitaker, Ph.D.
>> Professor for the Study of Religions
>> Department Chair
>>
>> Department for the Study of Religions
>> Wake Forest University1834 Wake Forest Rd
>> Winston-Salem, NC, 27106 <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1834+Wake+Forest+Rd%0D%0AWinston-Salem,+NC,+27106?entry=gmail&source=g>
>> 336.758.4162 <(336)%20758-4162>whitakjl at wfu.edu
>>
>> ॐ मणिपद्मे हूँ
>>
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