Unifying Hinduism : : Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History /

Unifying Hinduism : : Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History / / Andrew Nicholson.

Some postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as "Hinduism" is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as ancient as some Hindus claim, it has it...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Nicholson, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:South Asia Across the Disciplines
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF VEDĀNTA
  • 3. VIJÑĀNABHIKṢU'S "DIFFERENCE AND NON-DIFFERENCE" VEDĀNTA
  • 4. A HISTORY OF GOD IN SĀṂKHYA AND YOGA
  • 5. READING AGAINST THE GRAIN OF THE SĀṂKHYASŪTRAS
  • 6. YOGA, PRAXIS, AND LIBERATION
  • 7. VEDĀNTA AND SĀṂKHYA IN THE ORIENTALIST IMAGINATION
  • 8. DOXOGRAPHY, CLASSIFICATORY SCHEMES, AND CONTESTED HISTORIES
  • 9. AFFIRMERS (ĀSTIKAS) AND DENIERS (NĀSTIKAS) IN INDIAN HISTORY
  • 10. HINDU UNITY AND THE NON-HINDU OTHER
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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