Towards a Global Religious History
Buch, Englisch, 201 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 403 g
ISBN: 978-3-031-49636-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
This book explores the location of spirituality and mysticism in modern Indian religious and intellectual life. It examines select personalities and their ideas since the early twentieth century, their role in the interwoven spheres of socio-religious and political thought, and in burgeoning spiritual imaginaries, often at the intersection of academic and public discourse. As part of a global ecumene connected by affective bonds, these spiritual cosmopolitans often defied binary frameworks (East/ West; imperial core/ periphery; colonizer/ colonized), and in the upshot reappraised and recast the very concept of religion in response to overarching ‘this-worldly’ exigencies.
Zielgruppe
Research
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction: Mystics, scholars, and spiritual cosmopolitans in modern South Asia.- 2. Islam, yoga, and samyabad: Allama Iqbal, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and the poetics of nationalism and transcendence.- 3. The science of peace, pax cultura, and Akhandamahayoga: The worlds of Bhagavan Das, Nicholas Roerich, and Gopinath Kaviraj.- 4. ‘Pilgrims of stars’: The cosmopolitan itineraries of Sri Aurobindo, Dilip Kumar Roy, and Ronald Henry Nixon.- 5. Concluding reflections: From interwar idealism through ‘perennial philosophy’.
