Format:
1 Online-Ressource (330 pages)
ISBN:
9780192508195
Series Statement:
The Oxford History of Hinduism Ser.
Content:
A collection of original essays on modern Hinduism written by key international scholars.
Content:
Cover -- The Oxford History of Hinduism: Modern Hinduism -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- The Oxford History of Hinduism: Introduction to the Series -- Introduction: Modernity and Hinduism -- THE INVENTION OF HINDUISM? -- MODERNITY AND STANDARDIZATION -- THE CONTRIBUTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Part 1: Early Hindu Reformers and Reform Movements -- 1: Early Modern Hinduism -- KEY CONCEPTS -- Bhakti: Continuities, Innovations, Movements -- Organization: Sampradāy, Rearticulations, Patronage -- Language: Vernaculars, Literatures, Multilingualism -- MAIN FIGURES -- Syncretists?: Kabīr, Nānak -- Initiators of Sampradāys: Caitanya, Vallabha -- Literary and Devotional Figures: Sūrdās, Mīrābāī, Tulsīdās -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 2: Rammohun Roy and the Bengal Renaissance -- BENGAL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- The Political Background -- Society -- Education -- Communications -- RAMMOHUN ROY -- Rammohun's Life -- Rammohun in Politics -- Rammohun's Religion -- RAMMOHUN'S LEGACY -- REFERENCES -- 3: Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay and Modern Hinduism -- INTRODUCTION -- MAJOR WRITINGS -- WHAT IS HINDUISM? -- THE DHARMA CONUNDRUM -- TOLERANCE, SUPERIORITY, AND INCLUSIVISM -- LEGACY -- REFERENCES -- 4: Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī and ISKCON -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY LIFE -- THE GAUDIYA MATH AND MISSION -- LONDON AND BERLIN -- SCHISM -- ISKCON -- RESEARCH OVERVIEW -- REFERENCES -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Part 2: Expressions and Locations of Modern Hinduism -- 5: Mūrti, Idol, Art, and Commodity: The Multiple Identities of Hindu Images -- THE IMAGE AS MŪRTI -- THE IMAGE AS IDOL -- THE HINDU IMAGE AS ART -- THE IMAGE AS POLITICAL SYMBOL -- THE IMAGE IN CYBER SPACE: MŪRTI, COMMODITY, SYMBOL -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 6: Indian Cinema and Modern Hinduism -- NEW STORIES FOR NEW TIMES -- EROTIC LOVE: PRACTICE AND LITERARY TROPE.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198790839
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Modern hinduism Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 019879083X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198790839
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Hinduismus
;
Geschichte
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Brekke, Torkel 1970-
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