期刊名称：Ciencias Sociales y Religión / Ciências Sociais e Religião
印刷版ISSN：1518-4463
电子版ISSN：1982-2650
出版年度：2005
卷号：07
期号：07
出版社：Associação de Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
摘要：This article is a reflection on how Indian cultural references circulate on
the West, through social processes better understood under the notion of
Globalization. The widespread of Indian religious elements and practices acquires
its meaning as one of the cultural dimensions of the globalization process. The
first issue to be addressed is the clear difference between the viewpoint of the
leaders of these movements and that of their audience. This fundamental
discontinuity enables the existence of a double between between, on the one hand,
an ocidentalizing India, in certain places and times, and on the other hand, an
orientalizing West, with its own places and times. We conclude with an interpretation
model of this cultural transit, which generates a circulation of Indian products,
habits, beliefs and values throughout various parts of the world, including Latin
America. Consequently, we find a wide market of cultural goods, motivated and
kept by the universalization of Indian sects
关键词：New Age, Oriental religions, globalization, cultural transit.
