Spiritual despots : modern Hinduism and the genealogies of self-rule /

Historians of religion have examined at length the Protestant Reformation and the liberal idea of the self-governing individual that arose from it. In Spiritual Despots, J. Barton Scott reveals an unexamined piece of this story: how Protestant technologies of asceticism became entangled with Hindu s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scott, J. Barton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Hinduism > India > History > 19th century.
Hindu renewal > History > 19th century.
Anti-clericalism > India > History > 19th century.
Anti-clericalism > England > History > 19th century.
Anti-clericalism > Comparative studies.
Asceticism > Hinduism.
Autonomy > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Autonomy > Religious aspects > Theosophy.
Autonomy > Religious aspects > Comparative studies.
Hindouisme > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Renouveau hindou > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Anticléricalisme > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Anticléricalisme > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Anticléricalisme > Études comparatives.
Ascétisme > Hindouisme.
Autonomie > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme.
Autonomie > Aspect religieux > Théosophie.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Autonomy > Religious aspects > Theosophy
Autonomy > Religious aspects > Hinduism
Anti-clericalism
Asceticism > Hinduism
Autonomy > Religious aspects
Hindu renewal
Hinduism
England
India
Comparative studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: against the priest
  • A singular species of despotism
  • A popular history of priestcraft in all ages and nations
  • Reform affinities
  • Guru is God
  • Pope-lila
  • Astral ethics
  • Conclusion: the circulation of self-rule.

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