Representing Hinduism : the construction of religious traditions and national identity

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Representing Hinduism : the construction of religious traditions and national identity

edited by Vasudha Dalmia, Heinrich von Stietencron

Sage Publications, 1995

  • : India-HB
  • : US-HB

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A wide range of issues covering the changing face of Hinduism are discussed in this book including: the Sanskritic traditions in the religious configurations of medieval India; the legal and religious repercussions of colonial rule; the history of Hinduism; and the constitution of Hindu tradition as part of a political agenda. Further chapters discuss developments in the post-independence phase, constitutional entanglements concerning religious identity, communal images and counter-images, the appropriation of 'folk' religions by Hinduism, and the re-mythologization of history. Emphasizing the plurality of traditions within Hinduism, the book shows how selective choices have determined perceptions of the alien and the self.

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Introduction - Vasudha Dalmia and Heinrich von Stietencron PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE A Radical Reassessment of the Vedic Heritage - The Acaryahrdayam and Its Wider Implications - Friedhelm Hardy Religious Configurations in Pre-Muslim India and the Modern Concept of Hinduism - Heinrich von Stietencron Shifting Categories in the Discourse on Caste - Gita Dharampal-Frick Some Historical Observations PART TWO: NINETEENTH CENTURY RECONSTRUCTIONS History and the Nationalisation of Hinduism - Partha Chatterjee The Category 'Hindu' in the Political Discourse of Nepal - Richard Burghart From Krishnalila to Ramarajya - J[um]urgen L[um]utt A Court Case and its Consequences for the Reformulation of Hinduism Whose Laws? - Sudhir Chandra Notes on a Nineteenth Century Hindu Case of Conjugal Rights 'The Only True Religion of the Hindus' - Vasudha Dalmia Vaisnava Self-Representation in the Late Nineteenth Century Practical Vedanta - Wilhelm Halbfass Pandita Ramabai - Ram Bapat Faith and Reason in the Shadow of the East and West The Reversal of Orientalism - Sudipta Kaviraj Bhudev Mukhopadhyay and the Project of Indigenist Social Theory PART THREE: IMAGES AND COUNTER-IMAGES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Hind Swaraj as a Statement of Tradition in the Modern World - Suresh Sharma Towards a Universal Dharma - Monika Horstmann Kalyan and the Tracts of the Gita Press The Personal Law Question and Hindu Nationalism - Dieter Conrad Composite Culture and Communal Consciousness - Javeed Alam Ittehadul Muslimeen in Hyderabad Counterconcepts and the Creation of Cultural Identity - Veena Das Hindus in the Militant Sikh Discourse The Appeal of Hindu History - Gyanendra Pandey The Erosion of Folk Religion in Modern India - G[um]unther D Sontheimer Some Points for Deliberation PART FOUR: THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE FORMATION OF A PAN-INDIAN 'HINDU' TRADITION The Representation of Gods and Heroes in the Parsi Mythological Drama of the Early Twentieth Century - Anuradha Kapur Authenticity and Tradition - Roma Chatterji Reappraising a 'Folk' Form The Bhagvadgita in the Mahabharata TV Serial - Angelika Malinar Domestic Drama and Dharmic Solutions

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