ISBN:
8132104331
,
9788132104339
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 302 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
294.5086/94
Keywords:
RELIGION / Hinduism / General
;
Gesellschaft
;
Hinduism Social aspects
;
Brahmanism Social aspects
;
Dalits Social conditions
;
Indien
Note:
Introduction -- Unpaid teachers -- Subaltern scientists -- Productive soldiers -- Subaltern feminists -- Social doctors -- Meat and milk economists -- Unknown engineers -- Food producers -- Social smugglers -- Spiritual fascists -- Intellectual goondas -- Symptoms of civil war and end of Hinduism -- Conclusion : The post-Hindu India
,
Kancha Ilaiah, the author of the best selling book Why I am Not a Hindu, pens a thought-provoking critique of Brahmanism and the caste system in India, while anticipating the death of Hinduism as a direct consequence of, what he says is, its anti-scientific and anti-nationalistic stand. This work challenges Hinduisms̀ interpretation of history, with a virulent attack on caste politics, and also takes a refreshing look at the necessity of encouraging indigenous scientific thought for the sake of national progress. It establishes Hinduism as a b̀ackward ̀religion that suppresses the latent scie
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