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Rethinking Hindu identity / D.N. Jha.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in culturePublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014Description: 1 online resource (100 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781315710907
  • 1315710900
  • 1322509867
  • 9781322509860
  • 1317490347
  • 9781317490340
  • 1845537181
  • 9781845537180
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rethinking Hindu Identity.DDC classification:
  • 294.5 J598
  • 294.5 J598
LOC classification:
  • BL1202 .J43 2014
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Essay 1. -- Deconstructing Hindu identity -- Essay 2. -- Tolerant Hinduism : evidence and stereotype -- Essay 3. -- Holy cow : elusive identity.
Summary: Recent years have seen the emergence of a virulent version of Hindu nationalism and fundamentalism in India under the banner of Hindutva. This xenophobic movement has obfuscated and mystified the notion of Hindu identity and reinforced its stereotypes. Its arguments range from the patently unscientific - humankind was created in India, as was the first civilisation - to historical whitewash: Hinduism has continued in one, unchanged form for 5000 years; Hinduism has always been a tolerant faith. 'Rethinking Hindu Identity' offers a corrective based on a deep and detailed reading of Indian history. Written in a riveting style, this study provides a fresh history of Hinduism - its practices, its beliefs, its differences and inconsistencies, and its own myths about itself. Along the way, the book systematically demolishes the arguments of Hindu fundamentalism and nationalism, revealing how the real history of Hinduism is much more complex.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)929386

Originally published 2009 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

Includes bibliographical references and index (72-100)

Essay 1. -- Deconstructing Hindu identity -- Essay 2. -- Tolerant Hinduism : evidence and stereotype -- Essay 3. -- Holy cow : elusive identity.

Recent years have seen the emergence of a virulent version of Hindu nationalism and fundamentalism in India under the banner of Hindutva. This xenophobic movement has obfuscated and mystified the notion of Hindu identity and reinforced its stereotypes. Its arguments range from the patently unscientific - humankind was created in India, as was the first civilisation - to historical whitewash: Hinduism has continued in one, unchanged form for 5000 years; Hinduism has always been a tolerant faith. 'Rethinking Hindu Identity' offers a corrective based on a deep and detailed reading of Indian history. Written in a riveting style, this study provides a fresh history of Hinduism - its practices, its beliefs, its differences and inconsistencies, and its own myths about itself. Along the way, the book systematically demolishes the arguments of Hindu fundamentalism and nationalism, revealing how the real history of Hinduism is much more complex.

English.