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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785842803321

Titolo

Orthodoxy, heterodoxy, and dissent in India / / editors, S.N. Eisenstadt, Reuven Kahane, David Shulman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton, , 1984

©1984

ISBN

3-11-085256-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 pages)

Collana

Religion and society ; ; 23

Classificazione

MS 1275

Altri autori (Persone)

EisenstadtS. N <1923-2010.> (Shmuel Noah)

KahaneReuven <1931->

ShulmanDavid Dean <1949->

Disciplina

303.4/84

Soggetti

Religion and sociology - India

India Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in cooperation with the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace."

"Papers originally presented at a workshop organized by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem"--P. 1.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- Dissent, Heterodoxy and Civilizational Dynamics: Some Analytical and Comparative Indications / Eisenstadt, S.N. -- The Enemy Within: Idealism and Dissent in South Indian Hinduism / Shulman, David -- On the Beginning the Sutta Piṭaka (The Brahamajāla Sutta) / Syrkin, Alexander -- Orthodoxy and Philosophy in India: Philosophical Implications of the Mīmāṃsā School / Biderman, Shlomo -- Dissent Through Holiness: The Case of the Radical Renouncer in Theravada Buddhist Countries / Silber, Ilana -- Ancient Indian Political Theory and Contemporary Indian Politics / Weiner, Myron -- India: A Syncretic Mode of Economic Legitimation / Kahane, Reuven -- COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- "Orthodox" and "Heterodox" Law: Some Remarks on Customary Law and the State / Heesterman, J.C. -- Calvinism, Religious Dissent and the Establishment of a New Cultural Order in Early Modern Europe / Heyd, Michael