On Hinduism:
"In this magisterial volume of essays, Wendy Doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in Hinduism...
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Zusammenfassung: | "In this magisterial volume of essays, Wendy Doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in Hinduism over 3,500 years, from the ancient time of the Vedas to the present day. The essays contemplate the nature of Hinduism; Hindu concepts of divinity; attitudes concerning gender, control, and desire; the question of reality and illusion; and the impermanent and the eternal in the two great Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Among the questions Doniger considers are: Are Hindus monotheists or polytheists? How can atheists be Hindu, and how can unrepentant Hindu sinners find salvation? Why have Hindus devoted so much attention to the psychology of addiction? What does the significance of dogs and cows tell us about Hinduism? How have Hindu concepts of death, rebirth, and karma changed over the course of history? How and why does a pluralistic faith, remarkable for its intellectual tolerance, foster religious intolerance? Doniger concludes with four concise autobiographical essays in which she reflects on her lifetime of scholarship, Hindu criticism of her work, and the influence of Hinduism on her own philosophy of life. On Hinduism is the culmination of over forty years of scholarship from a renowned expert on one of the world's great faiths"--"On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. In a series of 63 connected essays, it discusses Hindu concepts of polytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, non-violence, and much more"-- |
Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-648) and index On being Hindu. Hinduism by any other name ; Are Hindus monotheists or polytheists? ; Three (or more) forms of the three (or more)-fold path in Hinduism ; The concept of heresy in Hinduism ; Eating karma ; Medical and mythical constructions of the body in Sanskrit texts ; Death and rebirth in Hinduism ; Forgetting and re-awakening to incarnation ; Assume the position : the fight over the body of yoga ; The toleration of intolerance in Hinduism ; The politics of Hinduism tomorrow -- Gods, humans, and anti-gods. Saguna and Nirguna images of the deity ; You can't get here from there : the logical paradox of Hindu creation myths ; Together apart : changing ethical implications of Hindu cosmologies ; God's body, or, the lingam made flesh : conflicts over the representation of Shiva ; Sacrifice and substitution : ritual mystification and mythical demystification in Hinduism ; The scrapbook of undeserved salvation : the Kedar Khanda of the Skanda Purana -- Women and other genders. Why should a Brahmin tell you whom to marry? : a deconstruction of the Laws of Manu ; Saranyu/Samjna : the sun and the shadow ; The clever wife in Indian mythology ; Rings of rejection and recognition in ancient India ; The third nature : gender inversions in the Kamasutra; Bisexuality and transsexuality among the Hindu gods ; Transsexual transformations of subjectivity and memory in Hindu mythology -- Kama and other seductions. The control of addiction in ancient India ; Reading the Kamasutra : it isn't all about sex ; The mythology of the Kamasutra ; From kama to karma : the resurgence of puritanism in contemporary India -- Horses and other animals. The ambivalence of ahimsa ; Zoomorphism in ancient India : humans more bestial than the beasts ; The mythology of horses in India ; The submarine mare in the mythology of Shiva ; Indra as the stallion's wife ; Dogs as dalits in Indian literature ; Sacred cows and beefeaters -- Illusion and reality in the Hindu epics. Impermanence and eternity in Hindu epic, art and performance ; Shadows of the Ramayana ; Women in the Mahabharata ; The history of Ekalavya -- On not being Hindu. 'I have scinde' : orientalism and guilt ; Doniger O'Flaherty on Doniger ; You can't make an omelette ; The forest-dweller. -- Appendix I. Limericks on Hinduism -- Appendix II. Essays on Hinduism by Wendy Doniger |
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CONTENTS
Introduction: Foreword into the Past vii
A Chronology of Hinduism xviii
ON BEING HINDU
Hinduism by Any Other Name 3
Are Hindus Monotheists or Polytheists? 10
Three (or More) Forms of the Three (or More)-Fold Path
in Hinduism 21
The Concept of Heresy in Hinduism 36
Eating Karma 70
Medical and Mythical Constructions of the Body in Sanskrit Texts 78
Death and Rebirth in Hinduism 87
Forgetting and Re-awakening to Incarnation 107
Assume the Position: The Fight over the Body of Yoga 116
The Toleration of Intolerance in Hinduism 126
The Politics of Hinduism Tomorrow 142
GODS, HUMANS AND ANTI-GODS
Saguna and Nirguna Images of the Deity 151
You Can t Get Here from There: The Logical Paradox of 157
Hindu Creation Myths
Together Apart: Changing Ethical Implications of 170
Hindu Cosmologies
God s Body, or, the Lingam Made Flesh: Conflicts over the 192
Representation of Shiva
Sacrifice and Substitution: Ritual Mystification 207
and Mythical Demystification in Hinduism
The Scrapbook of Undeserved Salvation: 233
The Kedara Khanda of the Skanda Purana
WOMEN AND OTHER GENDERS
Why Should a Brahmin Tell You Whom to Marry?: 259
A Deconstruction of the L aws oJManu
Saranyu/Samjna: The Sun and the Shadow 269
The Clever Wife in Indian Mythology 288
Rings of Rejection and Recognition in Ancient India 301
vi CONTENTS
The Third Nature: Gender Inversions in the Kamasutra 314
Bisexuality and Transsexuality Among the Hindu Gods 330
Transsexual Transformations of Subjectivity and 342
Memory in Hindu Mythology
KAMA AND OTHER SEDUCTIONS
The Control of Addiction in Ancient India 363
Reading the Kamasutra: It Isn t All About Sex 371
The Mythology of the Kamasutra 381
From Kama to Karma: The Resurgence of Puritanism 396
in Contemporary India
HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
The Ambivalence of Ahimsa 409
Zoomorphism in Ancient India: Humans More Bestial 426
than the Beasts
The Mythology of Horses in India 438
The Submarine Mare in the Mythology of Shiva 452
Indra as the Stallion s Wife 473
Dogs as Dalits in Indian Literature 488
Sacred Cows and Beefeaters 501
ILLUSION AND REALITY IN THE HINDU EPICS
Impermanence and Eternity in Hindu Epic, Art and Performance 509
Shadows of the Ramayana 523
Women in the Mahabharata 537
The History of Ekalavya 547
ON NOT BEING HINDU
I Have Scinde : Orientalism and Guilt 559
Doniger O Flaherty on Doniger 569
You Can t Make an Omelette 572
The Forest-dweller 577
Appendix I: Limericks on Hinduism 579
Appendix II: Essays on Hinduism by Wendy Doniger 582
List of Abbreviations 590
Notes 591
Bibliography 627
Index 649
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title_full | On Hinduism Wendy Doniger |
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title_short | On Hinduism |
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topic | Doniger, Wendy Hinduism RELIGION / Hinduism / General bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia bisacsh Hinduismus gnd Hinduismus (DE-588)4024955-4 gnd |
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