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

[Joanna Jurewicz]

Congratulations, Jarrod! I am eager to read the book!

Best wishes,

Joanna


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pt., 4 wrz 2026 o 16:34 Lauren Bausch via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> napisał(a):

> 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
>>>
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>>> 336.758.4162 <(336)%20758-4162>whitakjl at wfu.edu
>>>
>>> ॐ मणिपद्मे हूँ
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