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Orientalism and religion : postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' /

Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be rei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Richard, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The power of definitions: a genealogy of the idea of 'the mystical'
  • Disciplining religion
  • Sacred texts, hermeneutics and world religions
  • Orientalism and Indian religions
  • The modern myth of 'Hinduism'
  • 'Mystic Hinduism': Vedanta and the politics of representation
  • Orientalism and the discovery of 'Buddhism'
  • The politics of privatization: Indian religion and the study of mysticism
  • Beyond orientalism? Religion and comparativism in a postcolonial era.