Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South India
"Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Oakland, California
University of Californiarnia Press
2017
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2017 |
| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | South Asia across the disciplines
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Asian History
B Humanities B Regional and national history B Religion and beliefs B History of religion B Hinduism B RELIGION ; Hinduism ; History B Hinduism (India, South) B Religious Pluralism B South India B History B Religious Pluralism (India, South) B History: specific events and topics B India, South B India, South Θρησκεία (μοτίβο) B Social and cultural history B Electronic books B Religion: general B Θρησκεία (μοτίβο) |
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| Σύνοψη: | "Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M. Fisher argues that it is the plurality of Hindu religious identities, and their embodiment and contestation in public space, that first reveals the emergence of Hinduism as a unified religion in south India and an integral feature of a distinctively Indic early modernity prior to British Colonialism."--Provided by publisher "Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M. Fisher argues that it is the plurality of Hindu religious identities, and their embodiment and contestation in public space, that first reveals the emergence of Hinduism as a unified religion in south India and an integral feature of a distinctively Indic early modernity prior to British Colonialism."--Provided by publisher |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520293010 |