This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyse the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath Basu, a formidable late 19th-century scholar-critic. T
This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyse the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath Basu, a formidable late 19th-century scholar-critic. THinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Amiya P. Sen retired as Professor of Modern Indian History from the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Currently, he is Honorary Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK.
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Preface x PART I Introduction 3 PART II Selected Writings 79 A Autobiographical 81 1 Reminiscences of My Childhood 83 B The Philosophical and Social Foundations of Hindutva 91 2 What Is Hindutva? 93 3 Soaham (I Am Thou) 97 4 Loy (Dissolution of the Soul) 103 5 Kaa Pantha? (Which Is the Correct Path to Adopt?) 110 6 Nishkam Dharma 115 7 Hindu Polytheism: Political Sagacity in Religion 118 8 The Varna System and the Formation of Our National Character 124 9 The Ideal Hindu Diet 128 10 Forbearance in the Hindu Tradition 133 11 The World as a Mart: The Source of Happiness and Aesthetic Delight 141 12 Lessons in Self-disciplining and the Foundations of Character 144 C Hindutva as Patriarchy 147 13 Hindu Marriages 149 14 Shakuntalatattva: A Critique of Kalidas's Abhigyanshakuntala 161 15 Savitritattva: Savitri's Tale 172 16 Two Hindu Wives 180 D Thoughts on Language and Literature 185 17 Tale of the English Scholar 187 18 Of Biographies 193 19 The State of Contemporary Bengali Literature 196 20 Thoughts on Bankim's Anandamath 206 21 The Prodigious Poet 209 Appendix A 211 Appendix B 213 References 216 Index
Preface x PART I Introduction 3 PART II Selected Writings 79 A Autobiographical 81 1 Reminiscences of My Childhood 83 B The Philosophical and Social Foundations of Hindutva 91 2 What Is Hindutva? 93 3 Soaham (I Am Thou) 97 4 Loy (Dissolution of the Soul) 103 5 Kaa Pantha? (Which Is the Correct Path to Adopt?) 110 6 Nishkam Dharma 115 7 Hindu Polytheism: Political Sagacity in Religion 118 8 The Varna System and the Formation of Our National Character 124 9 The Ideal Hindu Diet 128 10 Forbearance in the Hindu Tradition 133 11 The World as a Mart: The Source of Happiness and Aesthetic Delight 141 12 Lessons in Self-disciplining and the Foundations of Character 144 C Hindutva as Patriarchy 147 13 Hindu Marriages 149 14 Shakuntalatattva: A Critique of Kalidas's Abhigyanshakuntala 161 15 Savitritattva: Savitri's Tale 172 16 Two Hindu Wives 180 D Thoughts on Language and Literature 185 17 Tale of the English Scholar 187 18 Of Biographies 193 19 The State of Contemporary Bengali Literature 196 20 Thoughts on Bankim's Anandamath 206 21 The Prodigious Poet 209 Appendix A 211 Appendix B 213 References 216 Index
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