Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South India

"Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M...

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Main Author: Fisher, Elaine M. 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press [2017]
Series:South Asia across the disciplines
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Summary:"Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M. Fisher argues that it is the plurality of Hindu religious identities, and their embodiment and contestation in public space, that first reveals the emergence of Hinduism as a unified religion in south India and an integral feature of a distinctively Indic early modernity prior to British Colonialism."...Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Erscheint als Open Access bei De Gruyter
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 285 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780520966291
DOI:10.1515/9780520966291