ISBN:
041554890X
,
9780415548908
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 192 S.
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Routledge South Asian religion series 4
Series Statement:
Routledge South Asian religion series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rethinking religion in India
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rethinking religion in India
DDC:
294.509/034
Keywords:
Hinduism History 18th century
;
Hinduism History 19th century
;
Hinduism Historiography
;
India Civilization 19th century
;
India Civilization 18th century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Indien
;
Briten
;
Hinduismus
;
Geschichte 1700-1900
Abstract:
This study critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Written by experts in their field, the chapters present historical and empirical arguments as well as theoretical reflections on the topic, offering new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India
Abstract:
This study critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Written by experts in their field, the chapters present historical and empirical arguments as well as theoretical reflections on the topic, offering new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction : rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch -- Hindus and others / David N. Lorenzen -- Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947 / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos -- Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah -- Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present / Laurie L. Patton -- Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion / Richard King -- Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India / Timothy Fitzgerald -- Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion / S.N. Balagangadhara -- The colonial construction of what / Jakob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout
,
Introduction : rethinking religion in India
,
Hindus and others
,
Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947
,
Representing religion in colonial India
,
Colonialism and religion
,
Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present
,
Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion
,
Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India
,
Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion
,
The colonial construction of what
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