Ferdinando Sardella

Modern Hindu Personalism

The History, Life, and Thought of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

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Produktbeschreibung

Modern Hindu Personalism explores the life and works of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the Chaitanya school of Bengal. Ferdinando Sardella examines Bhaktisiddhanta's background, motivation and thought, especially as it relates to his forging of a modern traditionalist institution for the successful revival of Chaitanya Vaishnava bhakti.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 527g
• ISBN-13: 9780199865901
• ISBN-10: 0199865906
• Artikelnr.: 36197717

Autorenporträt

Ferdinando Sardella is a researcher and the Director for the Forum for South Asia Studies for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Uppsala University. He is a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. In 2010 he received the Donner Institute Prize for outstanding research in the field of Religious Studies at the Åbo Akademi University in Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Phonetic Guide
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Rise of Non-Dualism in Bengal
Chapter 2: Life and Works
Chapter 3: Bhakti Universalist
Chapter 4: Social Philosopher
Conclusions
Appendix A: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Appendix B: Images
Appendix C: Documents
Appendix D: Tour to Central Europe
Appendix E: Works by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
Notes
Bibliography
Index