Sikh identity : continuity and change

著者

書誌事項

Sikh identity : continuity and change

edited by Pashaura Singh, N. Gerald Barrier

Manohar, 1999

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 4

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

"Prepared under the auspices of the Sikh Studies Program, University of Michigan"--P. facing t.p

Summary: Contributed papers presented at a seminar held on August 29-31, 1996

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This collection of seventeen essays, two critical introductions, and a keynote speech, resulted from an International Conference on 'Sikh Identity: Continuity & Change' held at the University of Michigan in 1996. The contributions are in four sections which include Introductions and Keynote Speech; Symbols of Identity and Sikh Tradition; Recent Sikh History and Issues of Identity; and Politics, Social Issues and Contemporary Sikh Identity. The scholarship covers a wide range of important issues pertaining to the complex process of 'coming to be', a class notion of identity. Emphasised are the connections between formal, conscious and organised processes of institutional development/ identity markers and the informal, unconscious and spiritual ways in which people come to know themselves. These in turn fashion responses to how others understand and accept identity. The papers address Who is a Sikh? and provide insights from disciplines such as history, sociology, anthropology, political science and religion. Doctrine, code of conduct, historical interpretation, authority, and creative response to changing circumstances are issues that do not lend themselves to easy solutions. Yet an open exchange of ideas and alternatives hopefully should reduce tension and lead to a resolution of differences acceptable to Sikhs as a whole. This volume makes a positive contribution toward that process.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ