Unifying Hinduism: philosophy and identity in Indian intellectual history
Drawing on the writings of philosophers from late medieval and early modern traditions, including Vijnanabhiksu, Madhava, and Madhusudana Sarasvati, Nicholson shows how influential thinkers portrayed Vedanta philosophy as the ultimate unifier of diverse belief systems. This project paved the way for...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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New York
Columbia University Press
(c)2010
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| Dans: | Année: 2010 |
| Recensions: | Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History. By Andrew Nicholson (2011) (Leach, Robert)
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| Collection/Revue: | South Asia across the disciplines
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
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B Inde B Geschiedenis B India Intellectual life India India B Hinduism B Hindouisme B RELIGION ; Hinduism ; History B History B India B PHILOSOPHY ; Eastern B Intellectual life B Electronic books History B Indien ; intellektuellt liv B Indische filosofie B Hinduism History B Intellectuelen B India Intellectual life B Hinduism ; historia B Electronic books B Philosophie |
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| Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: 9786612872419 |
| Résumé: | Drawing on the writings of philosophers from late medieval and early modern traditions, including Vijnanabhiksu, Madhava, and Madhusudana Sarasvati, Nicholson shows how influential thinkers portrayed Vedanta philosophy as the ultimate unifier of diverse belief systems. This project paved the way for the work of later Hindu reformers, such as Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, and Gandhi, whose teachings promoted the notion that all world religions belong to a single spiritual unity. In his study, Nicholson also critiques the way in which Eurocentric concepts--like monism and dualism, idealism and realism, theism and atheism, and orthodoxy and heterodoxy--have come to dominate modern discourses on Indian philosophy |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-249) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 0231526423 |