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Orientalism and religion : postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' / / Richard King
| Orientalism and religion : postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' / / Richard King |
| Autore | King Richard <1966, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200/.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Religions - Study and teaching
Philosophy, Indic - Study and teaching |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-00608-9
1-134-63235-5 0-203-15854-7 1-280-33497-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Orientalism and Religion; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: changing the subject; 1 The power of definitions: a genealogy of the idea of 'the mystical'; The problem with definitions; Origins of the term 'mysticism'; Medieval notions of the mystical; Modern definitions of mysticism; The 'mystical' versus the 'rational'; 'Mysticism' and the construction of modern philosophy; Silencing the Orient: the absence of 'the mystical' in histories of philosophy; 2 Disciplining religion; Christian theology and the category of 'religion'
Secularism and the 'iatrogenic' effect of studying religionThe Enlightenment roots of religious studies; Modelling religious studies: theology or 'cultural studies'; 3 Sacred texts, hermeneutics and world religions; Textualism and the modern concept of 'world religions'; Gadamer and hermeneutics: exploding the myth of objectivity; Hermeneutics and cultural isolationism; Self-reflexivity and ideology; 4 Orientalism and Indian religions; Orientalism and the quest for a postcolonial discourse; Orientalism and Indology; The inevitability of 'Orientalism'?; 5 The modern myth of 'Hinduism' The myth of homogeneity and the modern myth of 'Hinduism'Christianity, textualism and the construction of 'Hinduism'; The status of the term 'Hinduism'; The relevance of feminism to the Orientalist debate; 6 'Mystic Hinduism': Vedānta and the politics of representation; The 'discovery' of Vedānta as the central theology of Hinduism; Romanticism and the debate about pantheism; Orientalist interest in Vedānta; Neo-Vedānta and the perennial philosophy; 7 Orientalism and the discovery of 'Buddhism'; The European discovery of 'Buddhism'; Intercultural mimesis and the local production of meaning 8 The politics of privatization: Indian religion and the study of mysticismThe comparative study of mysticism; The constructivist response to perennialism; The social location of social constructivism; Indian constructivisms: the epistemology of enlightenment; 9 Beyond Orientalism? Religion and comparativism in a postcolonial era; Postcolonialism and the 'Subaltern Studies' project; Mimesis, hybridity and the ambivalence of colonial discourse; The mutual imbrication of religion, culture and power; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451200403321 |
King Richard <1966, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Orientalism and religion : postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' / / Richard King
| Orientalism and religion : postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' / / Richard King |
| Autore | King Richard <1966, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200/.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Religions - Study and teaching
Philosophy, Indic - Study and teaching |
| ISBN |
1-134-63234-7
0-203-00608-9 1-134-63235-5 0-203-15854-7 1-280-33497-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Orientalism and Religion; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: changing the subject; 1 The power of definitions: a genealogy of the idea of 'the mystical'; The problem with definitions; Origins of the term 'mysticism'; Medieval notions of the mystical; Modern definitions of mysticism; The 'mystical' versus the 'rational'; 'Mysticism' and the construction of modern philosophy; Silencing the Orient: the absence of 'the mystical' in histories of philosophy; 2 Disciplining religion; Christian theology and the category of 'religion'
Secularism and the 'iatrogenic' effect of studying religionThe Enlightenment roots of religious studies; Modelling religious studies: theology or 'cultural studies'; 3 Sacred texts, hermeneutics and world religions; Textualism and the modern concept of 'world religions'; Gadamer and hermeneutics: exploding the myth of objectivity; Hermeneutics and cultural isolationism; Self-reflexivity and ideology; 4 Orientalism and Indian religions; Orientalism and the quest for a postcolonial discourse; Orientalism and Indology; The inevitability of 'Orientalism'?; 5 The modern myth of 'Hinduism' The myth of homogeneity and the modern myth of 'Hinduism'Christianity, textualism and the construction of 'Hinduism'; The status of the term 'Hinduism'; The relevance of feminism to the Orientalist debate; 6 'Mystic Hinduism': Vedānta and the politics of representation; The 'discovery' of Vedānta as the central theology of Hinduism; Romanticism and the debate about pantheism; Orientalist interest in Vedānta; Neo-Vedānta and the perennial philosophy; 7 Orientalism and the discovery of 'Buddhism'; The European discovery of 'Buddhism'; Intercultural mimesis and the local production of meaning 8 The politics of privatization: Indian religion and the study of mysticismThe comparative study of mysticism; The constructivist response to perennialism; The social location of social constructivism; Indian constructivisms: the epistemology of enlightenment; 9 Beyond Orientalism? Religion and comparativism in a postcolonial era; Postcolonialism and the 'Subaltern Studies' project; Mimesis, hybridity and the ambivalence of colonial discourse; The mutual imbrication of religion, culture and power; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783981603321 |
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King Richard <1966, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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