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Orientalism and religion [electronic resource] : postcolonial theory, India and 'the mystic East' / Richard King.

By: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 283 p.)ISBN:
  • 0203158547 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780203158548 (electronic bk.)
  • 0203006089 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780203006085 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781134632350 (electronic bk.)
  • 1134632355 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Orientalism and religion.DDC classification:
  • 200/.7 21
LOC classification:
  • BL2203 .K56 1999eb
Other classification:
  • 11.90
  • BE 8010
  • RR 39962
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-276) and index.

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.

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