Disenchanting India: organized rationalism and criticism of religion in India
India is frequently represented as the quintessential land of religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist movement, which affirms the values and attitudes of atheism, humanism, or free-thinking. Quack shows the rationalists�...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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New York
Oxford University Press
c2011
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| Dans: | Année: 2011 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Rationalism
B India Religion |
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Volltext (Aggregator) Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Édition parallèle: | Print version: Disenchanting India : Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India: |
| Résumé: | India is frequently represented as the quintessential land of religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist movement, which affirms the values and attitudes of atheism, humanism, or free-thinking. Quack shows the rationalists' emphasis on maintaining links to atheism and materialism in ancient India and outlines their strong ties to the intellectual currents of modern European history. At the heart of Disenchanting India lies an ethnographic study of the organization "Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti" (Organization |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0199812608 |