Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g
Texts and the History of Practices in South Asia
Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-512430-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Indologist Ronald Inden has in the past raised questions about the images of a "traditional" or "medieval" India deployed by colonial scholars and rulers--"Orientalists"--and has also argued that a history of "early medieval" India very different from both the colonial and nationalist accounts could be written. This volume is designed as an important first step towards that goal. The authors look closely at three genres of texts that have been crucial to the representations of precolonial India. All three essays challenge not only colonialist scholarship but the attempts by religious nationalists to identify Hinduism as the essence of national identity in India and Buddhism as the essence of nationality in Sri Lanka.
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- 1: Ronald Inden: Introduction: From Philogical to Dialogical Texts
- 2: Ronald Inden: Imperial Puranas: Kashmir as Vaissnava Center of the Words
- 3: Jonathan S. Walters: Buddhist History: The Sri Lankan Pala Vamsas and Their Community
- 4: Daud Ali: Royal Eulogy as World History: Rethinking Copper-plat Inscriptions in Co(la India
- Index
