Hindu Pluralism : Religion and the Public Sphere in Early Modern South India /

"Much has been written about the historical origins of the unity of Hinduism. Hindu difference has been read through the lens of the term "sectarianism," a concept that translates devotion as dissent, and community as a potential precursor to communalism. In Hindu Pluralism, Elaine. M...

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Main Author: Fisher, Elaine M., 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hindu sectarianism: difference in unity
  • "Just like Kālidāsa": the making of the Smārta-Śaiva community of South India
  • Public philology: constructing sectarian identities in early modern South India
  • The language games of Śaiva: mapping text and space in public religious culture
  • Conclusion: a prehistory of Hindu pluralism.