King, Richard,  1966- <br/><br/>
Orientalism and religion  postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' /  [electronic resource] : 
Richard King. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  1999. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 283 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-276) and index. 
<br/><br/>The power of definitions: a genealogy of the idea of 'the mystical' -- Disciplining religion -- Sacred texts, hermeneutics and world religions -- Orientalism and Indian religions -- The modern myth of 'Hinduism' -- 'Mystic Hinduism': Vedanta and the politics of representation -- Orientalism and the discovery of 'Buddhism' -- The politics of privatization: Indian religion and the study of mysticism -- Beyond orientalism? Religion and comparativism in a postcolonial era. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0203158547 (electronic bk.) 9780203158548 (electronic bk.) 0203006089 (electronic bk.) 9780203006085 (electronic bk.) 9781134632350 (electronic bk.) 1134632355 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>EBL165051  eBook Library  http://www.eblib.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religions--Study and teaching.<br/>Philosophy, Indic--Study and teaching.<br/>Religions--Étude et enseignement.<br/>Philosophie de l'Inde--Étude et enseignement.<br/>RELIGION--Education.<br/>Oriëntalisme.<br/>Postkolonialisme.<br/>Indische godsdiensten.<br/>Buddhismus.<br/>Entkolonialisierung.<br/>Orientbild.<br/>Religionswissenschaft.<br/>Philosophie--Étude et enseignement.--Inde<br/>Postcolonialisme.<br/>Religion--Étude et enseignement.<br/>Religion--Study and teaching--India.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Religion--Study and teaching.<br/>Inde--Religion--Étude et enseignement.<br/>Indien.<br/>Westliche Welt.<br/>Asie--Religion--Étude et enseignement.<br/>Moyen Orient--Religion--Étude et enseignement.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2203  / .K56 1999eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200/.7