Hinduism in the Modern World (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hatcher, Brian A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Hinduism in the Modern World presents a new and unprecedented attempt to survey the nature, range, and significance of modern and contemporary Hinduism in South Asia and the global diaspora. Organized to reflect the direction of recent scholarly research, this volume breaks with earlier texts on this subject by seeking to overcome a misleading dichotomy between an elite, intellectualist "modern" Hinduism and the rest of what has so often been misleadingly termed "traditional" or "popular" Hinduism. Without neglecting the significance of modern reformist visions of Hinduism, this book reconceptualizes the meaning of "modern Hinduism" both by expanding its content and by situating its expression within a larger framework of history, ethnography, and contemporary critical theory. This volume equips undergraduate readers with the tools necessary to appreciate the richness and diversity of Hinduism as it has developed during the past two centuries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135046309
• Artikelnr.: 44185792

Autorenporträt

Brian A. Hatcher is Packard Chair of Theology at Tufts University, where he is also Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion. He is the author of several monographs on Hindu reform movements in colonial Bengal, the dynamics of modern Hindu eclecticism, and the life and activities of the social reformer, Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar. In his other published work he has explored the transformation of Sanskrit learning in colonial Bengal, highlighted the world of vernacular intellectual life, and worked to understand contemporary Hinduism against the backdrop of colonial history and postcolonial theory.

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps and illustrations. Notes on contributors. Introduction
Brian Hatcher. Part I: Hinduism Today: Three Perspectives. 1. Hinduism in South India
Leela Prasad. 2. Hinduism in North India
Brian Pennington. 3. Transnational movements
Hanna Kim. Part II: The Colonial Backdrop. 4. Debates within Colonial Hinduism
Amiya P. Sen. 5. Colonial devotional paths
Jason Fuller. 6. Hinduism and colonial law
Donald Davis and Timothy Lubin. Part III: Movements and Relocations. 7. Hinduism in Fiji, Africa and Trinidad
Anantanand Rambachan and Usha Shukla. 8. Hinduism in Britain
Maya Warrier. 9. Hinduism in the United States
Prema Kurien. Part IV: Networks of Meaning 10. Modern Monks and Global Hinduism
Tim Dobe. 11. Modern Yoga and Tantra
Lola Williamson. 12. Renunciation and domesticity
Meena Khandelwal. 13. Modern Vedic ritual
Frederick M. Smith. 14. Visual and Media Culture
Karline McLain. Part V: Critical Social and Political Issues. 15. Public Hinduism and Hindutva
Pralay Kanungo. 16. Caste and untouchability
Rupa Viswanath. 17. Gender and Sexuality
Ruth Vanita. 18. Ecology and the environment
Eliza Kent. Conclusion
Brian Hatcher. Glossary. Index.