Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagars 1871 tract arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. Vidyasagar published this work fifteen years after passage of the Hindu...Lasīt vairāk
Against High-Caste Polygamy offers a complete, annotated translation of Ishvarchandra Vidyasagars 1871 tract arguing against the practice of high-caste Kulin marriage in Bengal. Vidyasagar published this work fifteen years after passage of the Hindu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 10-Mar-2020, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Harvard University Press, ISBN-13: 9780674247116)
A bold retelling of the origins of contemporary Hinduism, and an argument against the long-established notion of religious reform.By the early eighteenth century, the Mughal Empire was in decline, and the East India Company was making inroads into th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Oct-2015, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781135046309)
Hinduism in the Modern World presents a new and unprecedented attempt to survey the nature, range, and significance of modern and contemporary Hinduism in South Asia and the global diaspora. Organized to reflect the direction of recent sc...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Oct-2015, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781135046316)
Hinduism in the Modern World presents a new and unprecedented attempt to survey the nature, range, and significance of modern and contemporary Hinduism in South Asia and the global diaspora. Organized to reflect the direction of recent sc...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Aug-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781317559641)
This book offers a new interpretation of the life and legacy of the Indian reformer and intellectual, Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar (1820-91). Drawing upon autobiography, biography, secondary criticism and a range of Vidyasagars original writings in Beng...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Aug-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781317559634)
This book offers a new interpretation of the life and legacy of the Indian reformer and intellectual, Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar (1820-91). Drawing upon autobiography, biography, secondary criticism and a range of Vidyasagars original writings in Beng...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Feb-2013, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781136484452)
Presenting cutting-edge scholarship dedicated to exploring the emergence and articulation of modernity in colonial South Asia, this book builds upon and extends recent insights into the constitutive and multiple projects of colonial modernity. Eschew...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Feb-2013, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781136484469)
Presenting cutting-edge scholarship dedicated to exploring the emergence and articulation of modernity in colonial South Asia, this book builds upon and extends recent insights into the constitutive and multiple projects of colonial modernity. Eschew...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Nov-2011, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231526609)
Before the passage of the Hindu Widows Re-marriage Act of 1856, Hindu tradition required a woman to live as a virtual outcast after her husbands death. Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo...Lasīt vairāk
In 1839 a diverse group of Hindu leaders began gathering in Calcutta to share and propagate their faith in a non-idolatrous form of worship. The group, known as the Tattvabodhini Sabha, met weekly to worship and hear discourses from members on the vi...Lasīt vairāk
In this new book, Brian Hatcher examines the modern Hindu penchant for constructing religious worlds in an eclectic fashion. Noting how Hindu apologists from Rammohun Roy to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan make an almost promiscuous use of the worlds many...Lasīt vairāk
