Was Hinduism Invented?: Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of ReligionOxford University Press, 28.04.2005 - 260 Seiten Drawing on a large body of previously untapped literature, including documents from the Church Missionary Society and Bengali newspapers, Brian Pennington offers a fascinating portrait of the process by which "Hinduism" came into being. He argues against the common idea that the modern construction of religion in colonial India was simply a fabrication of Western Orientalists and missionaries. Rather, he says, it involved the active agency and engagement of Indian authors as well, who interacted, argued, and responded to British authors over key religious issues such as image-worship, sati, tolerance, and conversion. |
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... representation. In precolonial periods there had been an ad hoc character to the manner in which Hindus chose to describe themselves. When the occasion demanded it, Hindus could portray themselves as a homogenous people, especially vis ...
... representation. In precolonial periods there had been an ad hoc character to the manner in which Hindus chose to describe themselves. When the occasion demanded it, Hindus could portray themselves as a homogenous people, especially vis ...
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... representation of Hinduism in favor of some perceived Indian interest. This collaboration marked the first formal meeting of European religious categories (specifically, Christian ones), and nascent Indian national interests. I return ...
... representation of Hinduism in favor of some perceived Indian interest. This collaboration marked the first formal meeting of European religious categories (specifically, Christian ones), and nascent Indian national interests. I return ...
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... representation of Hindu religious ideas and practices ranged from the fantastic to the monstrous. Catholic missionaries from the European continent established the first sustained encounter between Christians and Hindus, and their ...
... representation of Hindu religious ideas and practices ranged from the fantastic to the monstrous. Catholic missionaries from the European continent established the first sustained encounter between Christians and Hindus, and their ...
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... representation of India fundamentally changed, and with the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the south in 1799, Britain had registered its imperial destiny. Consequently, a more sure-handed and commanding style of representation ushered in the ...
... representation of India fundamentally changed, and with the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the south in 1799, Britain had registered its imperial destiny. Consequently, a more sure-handed and commanding style of representation ushered in the ...
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... representations of Hinduism. First, philosophical conservatives like Edmund Burke praised the accomplishments of Indian culture and urged a policy that would allow Indian principals to govern India. Second, humanitarian, religious, and ...
... representations of Hinduism. First, philosophical conservatives like Edmund Burke praised the accomplishments of Indian culture and urged a policy that would allow Indian principals to govern India. Second, humanitarian, religious, and ...
Inhalt
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2 The Other Without and the Other Within | 23 |
3 Scarcely Less Bloody than Lascivious | 59 |
4 Polymorphic Nature Polytheistic Culture and the Orientalist Imaginaire | 101 |
5 Constructing Colonial Dharma in Calcutta | 139 |
Some Concluding Thoughts | 167 |
Notes | 191 |
Works Cited | 225 |
Index | 241 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ancient Anglican Anti-Catholicism Asiatic Society Asiatick Researches Asiatick Society authority Bengal Bhabanicaran brahman Brian K Britain British India Britons Buchanan Calcutta Candrika¯’s Carey caste Catholic character Chris Christianity in India Church Missionary Society claim Clapham Sect classes colonial Comaroff communities concept construction of Hinduism critical culture Delhi described Dharma Dharma Sabha discourse divine Druids Dubois duism early East India elite encounter English European evangelical foreign heathen Hindoos Hindu nation Hindu-Christian Hindus and Christians historians human ideas identity ideology idolatry images imagined Indomania Indophobia issue John Jones’s journal knowledge kulin laborers literature London McCutcheon mission Missionary Papers modern moral native nineteenth century Orientalist Oxford pagan political poor popular postcolonial Protestant reform religion religious studies representation rite ritual Sama¯ca¯r Candrika Sanskrit satı scholars Serampore social Society’s spiritual study of religion subcontinent texts theological tion University Press Ward Ward’s western Wilberforce Wilford William Jones William Wilberforce worship
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