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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: King, Richard, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Subjects:
Religions > Study and teaching.
Philosophy, Indic > Study and teaching.
Mysticism.
Religion.
Cross-cultural studies.
Mysticism
Religion
Religion > education.
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Religions > Étude et enseignement.
Philosophie de l'Inde > Étude et enseignement.
Mysticisme.
Études transculturelles.
mysticism.
religion (discipline)
RELIGION > Education.
Cross-cultural studies
Religion > Study and teaching
Religions > Study and teaching
Buddhismus
Entkolonialisierung
Orientbild
Religionswissenschaft
Oriëntalisme.
Postkolonialisme.
Indische godsdiensten.
Philosophie > Inde > Étude et enseignement.
Postcolonialisme.
Religion > Étude et enseignement.
India > Religion > Study and teaching.
Inde > Religion > Étude et enseignement.
India
Indien
Westliche Welt
Asie > Religion > Étude et enseignement.
Moyen Orient > Religion > Étude et enseignement.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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