The Modern Spirit of Asia : The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India / / Peter van der Veer

• Autore: van der Veer Peter
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2014
• Edizione: Course Book
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.6095
• Soggetto topico: China -- Religious life and customs; India -- Religious life and customs; Nationalism -- China -- Religious aspects; Nationalism -- India -- Religious aspects; Religion and sociology -- China; Religion and sociology -- India; Secularism -- China -- History; Secularism -- India -- History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Spirituality in Modern Society -- Chapter 3. The Making of Oriental Religion -- Chapter 4. Conversion to Indian and Chinese Modernities -- Chapter 5. Secularism's Magic -- Chapter 6. "Smash Temples, Build Schools": Comparing Secularism in India and China -- Chapter 7. The Spiritual Body -- Chapter 8. Muslims in India and China -- Chapter 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectuals, yet how modernity in China and India is by no means uniform. While religion is a centerpiece of Indian nationalism, it is viewed in China as an obstacle to progress that must be marginalized and controlled. The Modern Spirit of Asia moves deftly from Kandinsky's understanding of spirituality in art to Indian yoga and Chinese qi gong, from modern theories of secularism to histories of Christian conversion, from Orientalist constructions of religion to Chinese campaigns against magic and superstition, and from Muslim Kashmir to Muslim Xinjiang. Van der Veer, an outspoken proponent of the importance of comparative studies of religion and society, eloquently makes his case in this groundbreaking examination of the spiritual and the secular in China and India.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Modern Spirit of Asia
• ISBN: 1-4008-4855-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453047403321
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