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Hindu Pluralism: Religion and the Public Sphere in Early Modern South India
Elaine M. Fisher
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Paperback. Drawing on sources in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu, the author argues that the performance of plural religious identities in public space in Indian early modernity paved the way for the emergence of a distinctively non-Western form of religious pluralism. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 262 pages, 2 color images, 4 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HRAX; HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine M. Fisher complicates the traditional scholarly narrative of the unification of Hinduism. By calling into question the colonial categories implicit in the term sectarianism, Fisher's work excavates the pluralistic textures of precolonial Hinduism in the centuries prior to British intervention. Drawing on previously unpublished sources in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Telugu, Fisher argues that the performance of plural religious identities in public space in Indian early modernity paved the way for ... Read more
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine M. Fisher complicates the traditional scholarly narrative of the unification of Hinduism. By calling into question the colonial categories implicit in the term sectarianism, Fisher's work excavates the pluralistic textures of precolonial Hinduism in the centuries prior to British intervention. Drawing on previously unpublished sources in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Telugu, Fisher argues that the performance of plural religious identities in public space in Indian early modernity paved the way for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520293014
SKU
V9780520293014
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About Elaine M. Fisher
Elaine M. Fisher is a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Mysore. Starting in the fall of 2017 she will be Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University.
Reviews for Hindu Pluralism: Religion and the Public Sphere in Early Modern South India
A clearly written and outstanding study of early modern India. Fisher's exploration of the relationship between the political and the religious is informative and stimulating.
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