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Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 019512538XISBN 13: 9780195125382
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Light shelfwear. Pages clean and intact.
Verlag: Oxford University Press., New York., 1999
ISBN 10: 019512538XISBN 13: 9780195125382
Anbieter: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australien
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Black and white line drawings, xi + 200pp, notes, bibliography, index, a good copy in dustjacket. Modern Hindu apologists routinely support their interpretations of the Hindu worldview with what seems an almost promiscuous use of the world's many philosophies and religions. This book examines the ancient roots and contemporary significance of such eclectic borrowing within modern Hindu discourse. Hatcher examines the work of Swami Vivekananda and other religious reformers from nineteenth-century Bengal in light of changing attitudes toward eclecticism, from Hellenistic philosophy to postmodernism. The author juxtaposes discussion of the Vedic and classical roots of Hindu eclecticism with reflection on the role of such eclecticism in colonial and postcolonial contexts. Throughout the book an attempt is made to negotiate a dialectic framed by modern and postmodern perspectives on the problem of truth and authenticity.