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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822251003321

Autore

Hatcher Brian A (Brian Allison)

Titolo

Eclecticism and modern Hindu discourse / / Brian A. Hatcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Hong Kong, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-773894-X

1-280-47166-2

0-19-534413-8

1-4237-6014-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

294.5/172

Soggetti

Hinduism - Doctrines

Hinduism - Relations

Syncretism (Religion) - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 ""Difference Relates"": Eclecticism Past and Present; 3 Swami in Wonderland: Vivekananda's Eclectic Hermeneutics; 4 What's the Connection?: India's Eclectic Heritage; 5 Varieties of Eclectic Experience: The Case of Colonial Bengal; 6 My Own Private Bungalow: The Dynamics of Eclectic Home-Building; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the classical roots and contemporary significance of eclecticism within modern Hindu discourse. It focuses on the thought of Swami Vivekananda as exemplary of the tone and character of modern Hindu eclecticism and then seeks to identify its historical Indian antecedents.