Wendy Doniger

On Hinduism

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Produktbeschreibung

On Hinduism contains a list of related essays that aim to explore the various concerns that are connected to Hinduism. These matters are as relevant today as they were in the olden times of the Vedas. The book raises many longstanding questions such as what changes have come in the Hindu beliefs concerning death, rebirth and Karma over so many years? In what way can a remorseful Hindu gain salvation? What do animals like dogs and cows mean to Hinduism? Why do are Hindus have conflicting ideas of Ahimsa? The book also gives readers an understanding of how and under what conditions a religion that embraces a plethora of cultures and races also promotes intolerance on so many levels. The book culminates with a string of autobiographical essays by the author. On Hinduism is a convincing study of one of the greatest faiths in the world. The book gives readers a better grip on the ancient and multifaceted religion that is Hinduism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Repro India Limited
• Seitenzahl: 682
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1259g
• ISBN-13: 9789382277071
• ISBN-10: 9382277072
• Artikelnr.: 58512713

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Foreword into the Past
* A Chronology
* I. On Being Hindu
* Hinduism by Any Other Name
* Are Hindus Monotheists or Polytheists?
* Three (or More) Forms of the Three (or More) - Fold Path in Hinduism
* The Concept of Heresy in Hinduism
* Eating Karma
* Medical and Mythical Constructions of the Body in Sakskrit Texts
* Death and Rebirth in Hinduism
* Forgetting and Re-awakening to Incarnation
* Assume the Position: The Fight over the Body of Yoga
* The Toleration of Intolerance in Hinduism
* The Politics of Hinduism Tomorrow
* II. Gods, Humans and Anti-Gods
* Saguna and Nirguna Images of the Deity
* You Can't Get Here from There: The Logical Paradox of Hindu Creation
Myths
* Together Apart: Changing Ethical Implications of Hindu Cosmologies
* God's Body, or, the Lingam Made Flesh: Conflicts over the
Representation of Shiva
* Sacrifice and Subsitution: Ritual Mystification and Mythical
Demystification in Hinduism
* The Scrapbook of Undeserved Salvation: The Kedara Khanda of the
Skanda Purana
* III. Women and Other Genders
* Why Should a Brahmin Tell You Whom to Marry?: A Deconstruction of the
Laws of Manu
* Saranyu/Samjna: The Sun and the Shadow
* The Clever Wife in Indian Mythology
* Rings of Rejection and Recognition in Ancient India
* The Third Nature: Gender Inversions in the Kamasutra
* Bisexuality and Transsexuality Among the Hindu Gods
* Transsexual Transformations of Subjectivity and Memory in Hindu
Mythology
* IV. Kama and other Seductions
* The Control of Addiction in Ancient India
* Reading the Kamasutra: It Isn't All About Sex
* The Mythology of the Kamasutra
* From Kama to Karma: The Resurgence of Puritanism in Contemporary
India
* V. Horses and Other Animals
* The Ambivalence of Ahimsa
* Zoomorphism in Ancient India: Humans More Bestial Than Beasts
* The Mythology of Horses in India
* The Submarine Mare in the Mythology of Shiva
* Indra as the Stallion's Wife
* Dogs as Dalits in Indian Literature
* Sacred Cows and Beefeaters
* VI. Illusion and Reality in the Hindu Epics
* Impermanence and Eternity in Hindu Epic, Art and Performance
* Shadows of the Ramayana
* Women in the Mahabharata
* The History of Ekalavya
* VII. On Not Being Hindu
* "I Have Scinde": Orientalism and Guilt
* Doniger O'Flaherty on Doniger
* You Can't Make an Omelette
* The Forest-Dweller
* Appendix I: Limericks on Hinduism
* Appendix II: Essays on Hinduism by Wendy Doniger
* List of Abbreviations
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index