Polytheism And Indology

Download Polytheism And Indology full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Polytheism And Indology ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Polytheism and Indology

Author : Edward P. Butler
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (878 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Polytheism and Indology by : Edward P. Butler

Download or read book Polytheism and Indology written by Edward P. Butler and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has been producing knowledge for thousands of years. But entry into the contemporary globalized setting of knowledge has demanded a reckoning with powers that have sought to determine exclusively the terms upon which India might enter. The nineteenth century saw the colonization of India and its reduction to an object of study, rather than a producer of knowledge for itself and the world. This book explains why the arrival of India upon the European intellectual scene provoked a crisis, the response to which was the creation of the discipline of Indology, with the effective mission of taming India’s spiritual traditions by gaining control over the interpretation of their sacred texts. Polytheism and Indology makes the results of Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee’s inquiry in The Nay Science: A History of German Indology available in a more concise form, as well as broadening and deepening the scope of their inquiry.

Hellenic Tantra

Author : Gregory Shaw
Publisher : Angelico Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (928 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Hellenic Tantra by : Gregory Shaw

Download or read book Hellenic Tantra written by Gregory Shaw and published by Angelico Press. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellenic Tantra argues that scholarship on later Platonism has been misled by a dualist worldview. The theurgic Platonists in the school of Iamblichus (4th century CE) did not ascend out of their bodies to be united with the gods—as is the common belief—but allowed the gods to descend into their bodies. By comparing embodied deification in theurgy to Tantric traditions of embodied deification, Gregory Shaw allows us to understand the power and charisma of the last Platonic teachers. Hellenic Tantra reveals a living Platonism that has been hidden from us.

The Making of Western Indology

Author : Rosane Rocher
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317579178
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Making of Western Indology by : Rosane Rocher

Download or read book The Making of Western Indology written by Rosane Rocher and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on new sources, this book evaluates the importance of Henry Thomas Colebrooke, an East India Company civil servant who became the father of modern Indology. Written by renowned academics in the field of Indology, and drawing on new sources, this book shows how he embodies the significant passage from eighteenth century colonial expansion, to the professional, transnational ethos of nineteenth century intellectual life and scholarly enquiry.

The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India

Author : R. Govinda
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003810691
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India by : R. Govinda

Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Primary Education in India written by R. Govinda and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion gives a comprehensive overview of the history of primary education in India. It presents an analytical narrative of the progress of primary education as a national endeavour in colonial, post-colonial and contemporary India, and studies its transformative policy journey culminating in the adoption of education as a fundamental human right. The book looks behind and beyond stated policy goals and outcomes to examine the processes involved in implementing positive change and discusses the underlying socio-political factors affecting education in India. The author also shares reflections on the reform measures needed to achieve the goal of education for all in India. Rich in archival resources, this companion will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of history of education, education, Indian history, colonial history and South Asian history. It will also be useful for policymakers, organizations and professionals working in the field of education.

Hinduism

Author : Axel Michaels
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691234019
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Hinduism by : Axel Michaels

Download or read book Hinduism written by Axel Michaels and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism is currently followed by one-fifth of humankind. Far from a monolithic theistic tradition, the religion comprises thousands of gods, a complex caste system, and hundreds of languages and dialects. Such internal plurality inspires vastly ranging rites and practices amongst Hinduism's hundreds of millions of adherents. It is therefore not surprising that scholars have been hesitant to define universal Hindu beliefs and practices. In this book, Axel Michaels breaks this trend. He examines the traditions, beliefs, and rituals Hindus hold in common through the lens of what he deems its "identificatory habitus," a cohesive force that binds Hindu religions together and fortifies them against foreign influences. Thus, in his analysis, Michaels not only locates Hinduism's profoundly differentiating qualities, but also provides the framework for an analysis of its social and religious coherence. Michaels blends his insightful arguments and probing questions with introductions to major historical epochs, ample textual sources as well as detailed analyses of major life-cycle rituals, the caste system, forms of spiritualism, devotionalism, ritualism, and heroism. Along the way he points out that Hinduism has endured and repeatedly resisted the missionary zeal and universalist claims of Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists. He also contrasts traditional Hinduism with the religions of the West, "where the self is preferred to the not-self, and where freedom in the world is more important than liberation from the world." Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to laypersons and scholars alike as the most comprehensive introduction to Hinduism yet published. Not only is Hinduism refreshingly new in its methodological approach, but it also presents a broad range of meticulous scholarship in a clear, readable style, integrating Indology, religious studies, philosophy, anthropological theory and fieldwork, and sweeping analyses of Hindu texts.

Dictionary of Indology

Author : Dr. Vishnulok Bihari Srivastava
Publisher : V&S Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9381384746
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (813 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dictionary of Indology by : Dr. Vishnulok Bihari Srivastava

Download or read book Dictionary of Indology written by Dr. Vishnulok Bihari Srivastava and published by V&S Publishers. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dictionary of Indology presents the history of Indian Scriptures, Language, Literature and Humanities in all the forms, colours and dimensions; not graphically but alphabetically; from the most primitive time to the recent past; through detailed description of and references to, almost all the books available and the authors known in both Vedic and Laukika Samskrit. It deals mostly with the facts but some critical insight is also given wherever needed or necessary. Such a handy book was the need of the time as most of us are unfamiliar with most of the stupendous works by intellectual doyens. A familiarity and affection will instantly grow, which will bring the readers close to the richest and widest range of illuminating products of sublime minds.

The Wisdom of the Mystic East

Author : John Walbridge
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791490262
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Wisdom of the Mystic East by : John Walbridge

Download or read book The Wisdom of the Mystic East written by John Walbridge and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2001-08-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelfth-century Islamic philosopher Suhrawardī attempted to revive Platonism in an era of Avicennan Aristotelianism. Modern scholars have portrayed Suhrawardī as wishing to revive an "oriental" wisdom and associate him with ancient Persia. In this book, John Walbridge uses Suhrawardī as a vehicle to explore the tendency of Platonic philosophers to romanticize oriental wisdom. The work presents Suhrawardī and defines the problem of Platonic orientalism, both in general and in relation to Suhrawardī. Egypt and the Hermetic tradition, ancient Persia and the notion of metaphysical light, and India, Buddhism, and the transmigration of souls are all covered in terms of their influence or lack of influence in Suhrawardī's thought. The book also explores the role of Platonic and Suhrawardian orientalism in various cultures over the years.

India in the Eyes of Europeans

Author : Martin Fárek
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
ISBN 13 : 8024647559
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (246 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis India in the Eyes of Europeans by : Martin Fárek

Download or read book India in the Eyes of Europeans written by Martin Fárek and published by Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is centered around the claim that although the research in Oriental and religious studies seemingly presents unbiased, objective interpretations of Indian traditions, it really puts forward distorted images which primarily reflect the researchers’ own European culture. A thorough examination demonstrates to what extent Oriental studies as well as other humanities are still influenced by theological preconceptions. English edition.

Indology and Science

Author : Swami Agehananda Bharati
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Indology and Science by : Swami Agehananda Bharati

Download or read book Indology and Science written by Swami Agehananda Bharati and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nay-Science

Author : Vishwa Adluri
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199931364
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Nay-Science by : Vishwa Adluri

Download or read book The Nay-Science written by Vishwa Adluri and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee undertake a careful and rigorous hermeneutical approach to nearly two centuries of German philological scholarship on the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita. Analyzing the intellectual contexts of this scholarship, beginning with theological debates that centered on Martin Luther's solefidian doctrine and proceeding to scientific positivism via analyses of disenchantment (Entzauberung), German Romanticism, pantheism (Pantheismusstreit), and historicism, they show how each of these movements progressively shaped German philology's encounter with the Indian epic. They demonstrate that, from the mid-nineteenth century on, this scholarship contributed to the construction of a supposed "Indo-Germanic" past, which Germans shared racially with the Mahabharata's warriors. Building on nationalist yearnings and ongoing Counter-Reformation anxieties, scholars developed the premise of Aryan continuity and supported it by a "Brahmanical hypothesis," according to which supposedly later strata of the text represented the corrupting work of scheming Brahmin priests. Adluri and Bagchee focus on the work of four Mahabharata scholars and eight scholars of the Bhagavad Gita, all of whom were invested in the idea that the text-critical task of philology as a scientific method was to identify a text's strata and interpolations so that, by displaying what had accumulated over time, one could recover what remained of an original or authentic core. The authors show that the construction of pseudo-histories for the stages through which the Mahabharata had supposedly passed provided German scholars with models for two things: 1) a convenient pseudo-history of Hinduism and Indian religions more generally; and 2) a platform from which to say whatever they wanted to about the origins, development, and corruption of the Mahabharata text. The book thus challenges contemporary scholars to recognize that the ''Brahmanic hypothesis'' (the thesis that Brahmanic religion corrupted an original, pure and heroic Aryan ethical and epical worldview), an unacknowledged tenet of much Western scholarship to this day, was not and probably no longer can be an innocuous thesis. The ''corrupting'' impact of Brahmanical ''priestcraft,'' the authors show, served German Indology as a cover under which to disparage Catholics, Jews, and other ''Semites.''

Religious Entanglements Between Germans and Indians, 1800–1945

Author : Isabella Schwaderer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031403754
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Religious Entanglements Between Germans and Indians, 1800–1945 by : Isabella Schwaderer

Download or read book Religious Entanglements Between Germans and Indians, 1800–1945 written by Isabella Schwaderer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-02-09 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion as a form of cultural expression constitutes a critical element in the relationship between Germany and India. The discovery of Indian traditions in Germany and re-interpretations of those traditions in India fueled not only new theological and philosophical explorations, but also extensive innovations in the fields of music, dance, bodily experience, and political intervention. Seeking to uncover the enfolding of colonial thought structures through presentations of the Self, while placing them in the context of global colonial value chains that connected the peripheries with the centre, this interdisciplinary volume addresses India through the lens of an entangled relationship. Adopting the position that the acceleration of communication, technical development, and colonisation locally triggered re-interpretations of the religious sphere, This volume takes a look at the period from 1800 to the end of National Socialism, tracing the strands of an Indo-Germanic religion in the making as it goes along. A special emphasis is placed on the artistic expressions of religious experience including re-enactments of musical compositions and dance configurations, which were created to embody India in Germany. This is an open access book.

Being Different : An Different Challenge To Western Universalism

Author : Rajiv Malhotra
Publisher : Harpercollins
ISBN 13 : 9789351160502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (65 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Being Different : An Different Challenge To Western Universalism by : Rajiv Malhotra

Download or read book Being Different : An Different Challenge To Western Universalism written by Rajiv Malhotra and published by Harpercollins. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rajiv Malhotra's insistence on preserving difference with mutual respect - not with mere "tolerance" - is even more pertinent today because the notion of a single universalism is being propounded. There can be no single universalism, even if it assimilates or, in the author's words, "digests", elements from other civilizations' - Kapila Vatsyayan In Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism, thinker and philosopher Rajiv Malhotra addresses the challenge of a direct and honest engagement on differences, by reversing the gaze, repositioning India from being the observed to the observer and looking at the West from the dharmic point of view. In doing so, he challenges many hitherto unexamined beliefs that both sides hold about themselves and each other. He highlights that while unique historical revelations are the basis for Western religions, dharma emphasizes self-realization in the body here and now. He also points out the integral unity that underpins dharma's metaphysics and contrasts this with Western thought and history as a synthetic unity. Erudite and engaging, Being Different critiques fashionable reductive translations and analyses the West's anxiety over difference and fixation for order which contrast the creative role of chaos in dharma. It concludes with a rebuttal of Western claims of universalism, while recommending a multi-civilizational worldview.

Being Hindu

Author : Hindol Sengupta
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442267461
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Being Hindu by : Hindol Sengupta

Download or read book Being Hindu written by Hindol Sengupta and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 Wilbur Award There are more than one billion Hindus in the world, but for those who don’t practice the faith, very little seems to be understood about it. Followers have not only built and sustained the world’s largest democracy but have also sustained one of the greatest philosophical streams in the world for more than three thousand years. So, what makes a Hindu? Why is so little heard from the real practitioners of the everyday faith? Why does information never go beyond clichés? Being Hindu is a practitioner’s guide that takes the reader on a journey to very simply understand what the Hindu message is, where it stands in the clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, and why the Hindu way could yet be the path for plurality and progress in the twenty-first century.

The Romantic Idea of the Golden Age in Friedrich Schlegel's Philosophy of History

Author : Asko Nivala
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351797271
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Romantic Idea of the Golden Age in Friedrich Schlegel's Philosophy of History by : Asko Nivala

Download or read book The Romantic Idea of the Golden Age in Friedrich Schlegel's Philosophy of History written by Asko Nivala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth-century Romantic understanding of history is often confused with the longing for the past Golden Age. In this book, the Romantic idea of Golden Age is seen from a new angle by discussing it in the context of Friedrich Schlegel’s works. Interestingly, Schlegel argued that the concept of a past Golden Age in the beginning of history was itself a product of antiquity, imagined without any historical ground. The Golden Age was not bygone for Schlegel, but to be produced in the future. His utopian vision of the Kingdom of God was related to the millenarian expectations of perpetual peace aroused by the revolutionary wars. Schlegel understood current era through the kairos concept, which emphasized the present possibilities for public agency. Thus history could not be reduced to any kind of pre-established pattern of redemption, for the future was determined only by the opportunities manifested in the present time.

The Modern Review

Author : Ramananda Chatterjee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Modern Review by : Ramananda Chatterjee

Download or read book The Modern Review written by Ramananda Chatterjee and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Reviews and notices of books".

Studies in Indology

Author : Satyakāma Varmā
Publisher : New Delhi : Bharatiya Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Studies in Indology by : Satyakāma Varmā

Download or read book Studies in Indology written by Satyakāma Varmā and published by New Delhi : Bharatiya Prakashan. This book was released on 1976 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000

Author : Jayanta Kumar Ray
Publisher : Pearson Education India
ISBN 13 : 9788131708347
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000 by : Jayanta Kumar Ray

Download or read book Aspects of India's International Relations, 1700 to 2000 written by Jayanta Kumar Ray and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Is A Modernist Study Of India'S International Relations, Which Traverses Pre-Colonial, Colonial And Postcolonial Perspectives. Its Fourteen Chapters Discuss Varied Subjects Related To South Asia'S Regional And International Relations, Like: (I) The Institutionalization Of British Paramountcy In India And Its Effect On The Region'S External Relations, As Well As Indigenous Responses To Colonial Rule (Ii) The Influence Of Domestic Variables Upon India'S International Relations (Iii) The Interspersing Of Ethnic, Economic And Religious Factors In The Making Of The British Indian Empire, And Later, Of The Indian State (Iv) The Paradigms Of Nature, Culture, State-Making On The One Hand, And Political Ecology And Cultural Politics Of Natural Resources On The Other (V) The Changing Character Of Foreign Corporate Involvement In India (Vi) The Development Of Science And Technology In India And The Activities Of The Armed Forces In India (Vii) The Fostering Of Formal Arrangements Such As Saarc Or Safta In South Asia And Informal Challenges To India'S Security From Non-State Actors (Viii) The Economic, Political And Cultural Consequences Of Globalization For India During The Imperial-Colonial Phases (Ix) The Evolution, In Creative Writing, Of A Discourse On The World Outside India And On India'S Relationship With It. This Volume Will Be Of Interest To Scholars And Students Of South Asian Studies, History, Political Science And International Relations, And Defence Studies.