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The Blackwell companion to Hinduism / edited by Gavin Flood.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to religion.
- Blackwell companions to religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 599 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience. * Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism * Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues, textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society and politics * Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings of Hinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies * Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses the importance of region in analyzing Hinduism * Ideal for use on university courses.
- Contents:
- Intro
- The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries
- Part I Theoretical Issues
- 1 Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism
- 2 Orientalism and Hinduism
- Part II Text and Tradition
- The Sanskrit Textual Traditions
- 3 Vedas and Upanis.ads
- 4 The Dharmaśāstras
- 5 The Sanskrit Epics
- 6 The Purānas
- Textual Traditions in Regional Languages
- 7 Tamil Hindu Literature
- 8 The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam
- 9 North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature
- Major Historical Developments
- 10 The Śaiva Traditions
- 11 History of Vaisnava Traditions: An Esquisse
- 12 The Renouncer Tradition
- 13 The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society
- Regional Traditions
- 14 The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala
- 15 The Month of Kārtik And Women's Ritual Devotions to Krishna in Benares
- Part III Systematic Thought
- Introduction
- The Indian Sciences
- 16 The Science of Language
- 17 Indian Mathematics
- 18 Calendar, Astrology, and Astronomy
- 19 The Science of Medicine
- Philosophy and Theology
- 20 Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason
- 21 Restoring "Hindu Theology" as a Category in Indian Intellectual Discourse
- 22 Mantra
- Part IV Society, Politics, and Nation
- 23 On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism
- 24 Modernity, Reform, and Revival
- 25 Contemporary Political Hinduism
- 26 The Goddess and the Nation: Subterfuges of Antiquity, the Cunning of Modernity
- 27 Gender in a Devotional Universe
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470998694
- 9786610284382
- 9786613826879
- 9780631215356
- 9781405132510
- 1405132515
- 9781782688204
- 178268820X
- 9781405166546
- 1405166541
- 9781280284380
- 1280284382
- 9780470701522
- 0470701528
- 9781405123068
- 1405123060
- 9781283514422
- 1283514427
- 9780470998687
- 0470998687
- OCLC:
- 817800282
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