In this third installment of his comprehensive history of “India’s religion†and reappraisal of Hindu identity; Professor Jyotirmaya Sharma offers an engaging portrait of Swami Vivekananda and his relationship with his guru; the legendary Ramakrishna. Sharma’s work focuses on Vivekananda’s reinterpretation and formulation of diverse Indian spiritual and mystical traditions and practices as “Hinduism†and how it served to create; distort; and justify a national self-image. The author examines questions of caste and the primacy of the West in Vivekananda’s vision; as well as the systematic marginalization of alternate religions and heterodox beliefs. In doing so; Professor Sharma provides readers with an incisive entryway into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Indian history and the rise of Hindutva; the Hindu nationalist movement.
#695975 in Books imusti 2016-01-12Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.25 x 1.06 x 6.12l; .0 #File Name: 0300186533304 pagesYALE UNIVERSITY PRESS ACADEMIC
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