2007, ISBN: 9780195684452

Hardcover

Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1974. 171pp. followed by 31 b/w plates including 94 ills. Size: 24x17. Softcover. Good., Franz Steiner Verlag, 1974, 2.5, New Delhi: Oxford University Pre… More...

Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1974. 171pp. followed by 31 b/w plates including 94 ills. Size: 24x17. Softcover. Good., Franz Steiner Verlag, 1974, 2.5, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, faint soiling to boards and fore-edges, light soiling and rubbing to DJ, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ./near fine. Octavo in black DJ, color illus to front, vi, 397 pages, 23 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Contributed articles originally presented at symposia in 1990 and 1997. Contents: Part I: Historical Perspectives -- 1. A Radical Reassessment of the Vedic Heritage: The Acaryahrdayam and its Wider Implications / Friedhelm Hardy -- 2. Religious Configurations in Medieval India and the Modem Concept of Hinduism / Heinrich von Stieiencron -- 3. 'The Only Real Religion of the Hindus': Vaisnava Self-representation in the Late Nineteenth Century / Vasudha Dalmia -- Part II: The Changing Faces Of Religious Authority -- 4. Saflkara as Jagadgurn According to Saikara-Digvijaya / Angelika Malinar -- 5. Madhva and the Reform of Vaisnavism in Karnataka / Robert J. Zvdenbos -- 6. Practical Vedanta / Wilhelm Halbfass -- Part III: Law, History, And The Nationalization Of Hinduism; 7. The Personal Law Question and Hindu Nationalism / Dieter Conrad -- 8. History and the Nationalization of Hinduism / Partha Chatterjee -- 9. The Representation of Gods and Heroes in the Parsi Mythological Drama of the Early Twentieth Century / Anuradha Kapur -- Part IV: The Category 'Hindu' In Political Discourse -- 10. The Category 'Hindu' in the Political Discourse of Nepal / Richard Burghart -- 11. Counter-concepts and the Creation of Cultural Identity: Hindus in the Militant Sikh Discourse / Veena Das -- 12. The Vishva Hindu Parishad: A Nationalist but Mimetic Attempt at Federating the Hindu Sects / Christophe Jaffrelot13. The Appeal of Hindu History / Gyanendra Pandey -- 14. Gendered Fractures in Hindu Nationalism: On the Subject-Members of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti / Paola Bacchetta. Hinduism and politics., Oxford University Press, 2007, 4<

2007, ISBN: 9780195684452

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, faint soiling to boards and fore-edges, light soiling and rubb… More...

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, faint soiling to boards and fore-edges, light soiling and rubbing to DJ, else near fine(+) in near fine(+) DJ./near fine. Octavo in black DJ, color illus to front, vi, 397 pages, 23 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Contributed articles originally presented at symposia in 1990 and 1997. Contents: Part I: Historical Perspectives -- 1. A Radical Reassessment of the Vedic Heritage: The Acaryahrdayam and its Wider Implications / Friedhelm Hardy -- 2. Religious Configurations in Medieval India and the Modem Concept of Hinduism / Heinrich von Stieiencron -- 3. 'The Only Real Religion of the Hindus': Vaisnava Self-representation in the Late Nineteenth Century / Vasudha Dalmia -- Part II: The Changing Faces Of Religious Authority -- 4. Saflkara as Jagadgurn According to Saikara-Digvijaya / Angelika Malinar -- 5. Madhva and the Reform of Vaisnavism in Karnataka / Robert J. Zvdenbos -- 6. Practical Vedanta / Wilhelm Halbfass -- Part III: Law, History, And The Nationalization Of Hinduism; 7. The Personal Law Question and Hindu Nationalism / Dieter Conrad -- 8. History and the Nationalization of Hinduism / Partha Chatterjee -- 9. The Representation of Gods and Heroes in the Parsi Mythological Drama of the Early Twentieth Century / Anuradha Kapur -- Part IV: The Category 'Hindu' In Political Discourse -- 10. The Category 'Hindu' in the Political Discourse of Nepal / Richard Burghart -- 11. Counter-concepts and the Creation of Cultural Identity: Hindus in the Militant Sikh Discourse / Veena Das -- 12. The Vishva Hindu Parishad: A Nationalist but Mimetic Attempt at Federating the Hindu Sects / Christophe Jaffrelot13. The Appeal of Hindu History / Gyanendra Pandey -- 14. Gendered Fractures in Hindu Nationalism: On the Subject-Members of the Rashtra Sevika Samiti / Paola Bacchetta. Hinduism and politics., Oxford University Press, 2007, 4<