Was Hinduism Invented?: Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of ReligionOxford University Press, 28. apr. 2005 - 260 sider Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries. Rather, he says, it involved the active agency and engagement of Indian authors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion. |
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... claim that Britain invented Hinduism grants altogether too much power to colonialism; it both mystifies and magnifies colonial means of domination and erases Hindu agency and creativity. Second, the assertion that Hinduism is a concept ...
... claim that Britain invented Hinduism grants altogether too much power to colonialism; it both mystifies and magnifies colonial means of domination and erases Hindu agency and creativity. Second, the assertion that Hinduism is a concept ...
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... claims, Smith, however, seems satisfied to leave the two parties to their separate spheres, blithely talking past one another: historians and social scientists on the one hand, their data on the other. Here I would take one step further ...
... claims, Smith, however, seems satisfied to leave the two parties to their separate spheres, blithely talking past one another: historians and social scientists on the one hand, their data on the other. Here I would take one step further ...
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... claim that imperial ambition both fed and fed off of the practices of representation back home. By virtue of their close and sustained contact with Hinduism and their eagerness to publish their experiences and discoveries, missionaries ...
... claim that imperial ambition both fed and fed off of the practices of representation back home. By virtue of their close and sustained contact with Hinduism and their eagerness to publish their experiences and discoveries, missionaries ...
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... claims by demonstrating the many and widespread effects the British Raj had on India but ultimately fails to account for the ways that Britain itself was transformed by the experiences of colonization and empire. Additionally, Kopf and ...
... claims by demonstrating the many and widespread effects the British Raj had on India but ultimately fails to account for the ways that Britain itself was transformed by the experiences of colonization and empire. Additionally, Kopf and ...
Side 11
... claim that the globe continues to be radically impacted by western ideas and values, although many might take issue with the notion that traditional Indian thought has been vanquished.15 Since his study was first published, however ...
... claim that the globe continues to be radically impacted by western ideas and values, although many might take issue with the notion that traditional Indian thought has been vanquished.15 Since his study was first published, however ...
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2 The Other Without and the Other Within | 23 |
3 Scarcely Less Bloody than Lascivious | 59 |
4 Polymorphic Nature Polytheistic Culture and the Orientalist Imaginaire | 101 |
5 Constructing Colonial Dharma in Calcutta | 139 |
Some Concluding Thoughts | 167 |
Notes | 191 |
Works Cited | 225 |
Index | 241 |
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