Rethinking Religion in India

The Colonial Construction of Hinduism
Herausgeber: Bloch, Esther; Hegde, Rajaram; Keppens, Marianne

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780415500029
• ISBN-10: 0415500028
• Artikelnr.: 35422546

Autorenporträt

Esther Bloch and Marianne Keppens are Doctoral Researchers at the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap, Ghent University, Belgium. Rajaram Hegde is Professor in History and Archaeology at Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India. He is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of Local Cultures - a research collaboration between Ghent University and Kuvempu University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Historical and Empirical Arguments 1. Hindus and Others 2. Hindu
Religious Identity with Special Reference to the Origin and Significance of
the Term 'Hinduism', c. 1787-1947 3. Representing Religion in Colonial
India 4. Colonialism and Religion 5. Women, the Freedom Movement, and
Sanskrit: Notes on Religion and Colonialism from the Ethnographic Present
Part 2: Theoretical Reflections 6. Colonialism, Hinduism and the Discourse
of Religion 7. Who Invented Hinduism? Rethinking Religion in India 8.
Orientalism, Postcolonialism and the 'Construction' of Religion 9. The
Colonial Construction of What?