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Religious revivalism as nationalist discourse : Swami Vivekananda and new Hinduism in nineteenth century Bengal
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Religious revivalism as nationalist discourse : Swami Vivekananda and new Hinduism in nineteenth century Bengal / Shamita Basu.
ISBN
0195653718
9780195653717
Published
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Physical Description
xi, 213 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 23, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-213).
Contents
Religion and nationalism in nineteenth-century Bengal
Religion as history : Vivekananda and the nationalist construction of the Hindu past
The universalization of Hinduism and the construction of the nation
Democracy and nationalist religion : Vivekananda and the corporatist construction of Hinduism
Reconciling reason with ritual : neo-Hinduism and the nationalist project of mediation
The metastatis of enlightenment : the place of science, ethics, and philosophy in neo-Hinduism.
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