A life worth leaving: Fasting to death as telos of a Jain religious life

Economy and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-199

  Laidlaw, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Ethics; India; Jainism; Religion; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; RELIGION; SUICIDE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 18644364814     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140500054545     Document Type: Article

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