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Hindutva before Hindutva
Selected Writings and Discourses of Chandranath Basu in Translation
Taschenbuch von Amiya P. Sen
Sprache: Englisch

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This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyse the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath Basu, a formidable late 19th-century scholar-critic. T
This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyse the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath Basu, a formidable late 19th-century scholar-critic. T
Über den Autor

Amiya P. Sen retired as Professor of Modern Indian History from the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Currently, he is Honorary Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface x

PART I

Introduction 3

PART II

Selected Writings 79

A

Autobiographical 81

1 Reminiscences of My Childhood 83

B

The Philosophical and Social Foundations of Hindutva 91

2 What Is Hindutva? 93

3 Soaham (I Am Thou) 97

4 Loy (Dissolution of the Soul) 103

5 Kaa Pantha? (Which Is the Correct Path to Adopt?) 110

6 Nishkam Dharma 115

7 Hindu Polytheism: Political Sagacity in Religion 118

8 The Varna System and the Formation of Our National Character 124

9 The Ideal Hindu Diet 128

10 Forbearance in the Hindu Tradition 133

11 The World as a Mart: The Source of Happiness and Aesthetic Delight 141

12 Lessons in Self-disciplining and the Foundations of Character 144

C

Hindutva as Patriarchy 147

13 Hindu Marriages 149

14 Shakuntalatattva: A Critique of Kalidas's Abhigyanshakuntala 161

15 Savitritattva: Savitri's Tale 172

16 Two Hindu Wives 180

D

Thoughts on Language and Literature 185

17 Tale of the English Scholar 187

18 Of Biographies 193

19 The State of Contemporary Bengali Literature 196

20 Thoughts on Bankim's Anandamath 206

21 The Prodigious Poet 209

Appendix A 211

Appendix B 213

References 216

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032385785
ISBN-10: 1032385782
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Sen, Amiya P.
Hersteller: Routledge India
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Amiya P. Sen
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2024
Gewicht: 0,371 kg
Artikel-ID: 128819114
Über den Autor

Amiya P. Sen retired as Professor of Modern Indian History from the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Currently, he is Honorary Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface x

PART I

Introduction 3

PART II

Selected Writings 79

A

Autobiographical 81

1 Reminiscences of My Childhood 83

B

The Philosophical and Social Foundations of Hindutva 91

2 What Is Hindutva? 93

3 Soaham (I Am Thou) 97

4 Loy (Dissolution of the Soul) 103

5 Kaa Pantha? (Which Is the Correct Path to Adopt?) 110

6 Nishkam Dharma 115

7 Hindu Polytheism: Political Sagacity in Religion 118

8 The Varna System and the Formation of Our National Character 124

9 The Ideal Hindu Diet 128

10 Forbearance in the Hindu Tradition 133

11 The World as a Mart: The Source of Happiness and Aesthetic Delight 141

12 Lessons in Self-disciplining and the Foundations of Character 144

C

Hindutva as Patriarchy 147

13 Hindu Marriages 149

14 Shakuntalatattva: A Critique of Kalidas's Abhigyanshakuntala 161

15 Savitritattva: Savitri's Tale 172

16 Two Hindu Wives 180

D

Thoughts on Language and Literature 185

17 Tale of the English Scholar 187

18 Of Biographies 193

19 The State of Contemporary Bengali Literature 196

20 Thoughts on Bankim's Anandamath 206

21 The Prodigious Poet 209

Appendix A 211

Appendix B 213

References 216

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032385785
ISBN-10: 1032385782
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Sen, Amiya P.
Hersteller: Routledge India
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Amiya P. Sen
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2024
Gewicht: 0,371 kg
Artikel-ID: 128819114
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