Flood The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99868-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 616 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion

An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, thisaccessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. Itprovides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make theirviews and research available to a wider audience.
* * Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of Hinduism
* Features four coherent sections covering theoretical issues,textual traditions, science and philosophy, and Hindu society andpolitics
* Reflects the trend away from essentialist understandings ofHinduism towards tradition and regional-specific studies
* Includes material on Hindu folk religions and stresses theimportance of region in analyzing Hinduism
* Ideal for use on university courses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flood, Gavin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors.
Preface and Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Establishing the Boundaries: Gavin Flood.
Part I Theoretical Issues.
1. Colonialism and the Construction of Hinduism.
Gauri Viswanathan.
2. Orientalism and Hinduism.
David Smith.
Part II Text and Tradition.
The Sanskrit Textual Traditions.
3. Vedas and Upanisads.
Michael Witzel.
4. The Dharmaúâstras.
Ludo Rocher.
5. The Sanskrit Epics.
John Brockington.
6. The Purânas.
Freda Matchett.
Textual Traditions in Regional Languages.
7. Tamil Hindu Literature.
Norman Cutler.
8. The Literature of Hinduism in Malayalam.
Rich Freeman.
9. North Indian Hindi Devotional Literature.
Nancy M. Martin.
Major Historical Developments.
10. The Úaiva Traditions.
Gavin Flood.
11. History of Vaisnava Traditions.
Gérard Colas.
12. The Renouncer Tradition.
Patrick Olivelle.
13. The Householder Tradition in Hindu Society.
T.N. Madan.
Regional Traditions.
14. The Teyyam Tradition of Kerala.
Rich Freeman.
15. The Month of Kârtik And Women's Ritual Devotions toKrsna in Benares.
Tracy Pinchman.
Part III: Systematic Thought:.
The Indian Sciences.
Introduction.
Frits Staal.
16. The Science of Language.
Frits Staal.
17. Indian Mathematics.
Takao Hayashi.
18. Calendar, Astrology and Astronomy.
Michio Yano.
19. The Science of Medicine.
Dominik Wujastyk.
Philosophy and Theology.
20. Hinduism and the Proper Work of Reason.
Jonardon Ganeri.
21. Restoring "Hindu Theology" as a Category in IndianIntellectual Discourse.
Francis Clooney.
22. Mantra.
André Padoux.
Part IV: Society, Politics, and Nation.
23. On the Relationship between Caste and Hinduism.
Declan Quigley.
24. Modernity, Reform and Revival.
Dermot Killingley.
25. Contemporary Political Hinduism.
C. Ram Prasad.
26. The Goddess and the Nation: Subterfuges of Antiquity, theCunning of Modernity.
Sumathi Ramaswamy.
27. Gender in a Devotional Universe.
Vasudha Narayanan.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gavin Flood is Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Stirling. Among his publications are Beyond Phenomonology: Rethinking the Study of Religion (1999), An Introduction to Hinduism (1996), and Body and Cosmology in Kashmir OEaivism (1993).