Guru English : South Asian Religion in a Cosmopolitan Language /

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Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies fro...

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Auteur principal: Aravamudan, Srinivas (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Religion
Religion > Study and teaching.
Religion and culture.
English language > Social aspects.
English language > Religious aspects.
Cosmopolitanism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Cosmopolitisme > Inde.
Religion et culture.
Cosmopolitanism > India.
English language > Social aspects > South Asia.
English language > South Asia > Religious aspects.
Englisch.
Südasien
South Asia.
India.
South Asia > Religion > Study and teaching.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Guru English is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies from South Asia that, Aravamudan argues, launches a different kind of cosmopolitanism into global use. Using "Guru English" as a tagline for the globalizing idiom that has grown up around these religions, Aravamudan traces the diffusion and transformation of South Asian religious discourses as they shu.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (336 pages).
ISBN:9781400826858

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