Orientalism, Postcolonialism and the Construction of Religion
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Orientalism, Postcolonialism and the Construction of Religion
Original language description
This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory. According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as features of a religion with distinct beliefs, doctrines, sacred laws and holy texts. Today, however, many academics consider this conception to be a colonial 'construction'. This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2010
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Rethinking Religion in India : the Colonial Construction of Hinduism
ISBN
978-0-415-54890-8
Number of pages of the result
28
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Number of pages of the book
208
Publisher name
Routledge
Place of publication
Oxon
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