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Title

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

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.

Names

  • Fisher, Elaine M., 1984- author

Created / Published

  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
  • ©2017

Contents

  • Hindu sectarianism: difference in unity -- "Just like Kālidāsa": the making of the Smārta-Śaiva community of South India -- Public philology: constructing sectarian identities in early modern South India -- The language games of Śaiva: mapping text and space in public religious culture -- Conclusion: a prehistory of Hindu pluralism.

Headings

  • -  Hinduism--India, South
  • -  Religious pluralism--India, South
  • -  India, South--Religion

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-267) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource ([xii], 285 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BL1153.7.S68

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715958

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Fisher, Elaine M., Author. Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South India. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©, 2017] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715958/.

APA citation style:

Fisher, E. M. (2017) Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South India. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715958/.

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Fisher, Elaine M., Author. Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South India. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©, 2017] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715958/>.