Religion, Law and Power Tales of Time in Eastern India, 1860-2000
Heftet /
2009
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781843317838
Publisert
2009-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Anthem Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
243
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Ishita Banerjee-Dube is Professor of History at the Centre for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de México. Her several authored and edited books include ‘Divine Affairs’ (2001), ‘Unbecoming Modern’ (2006), ‘Caste in History’ (2008), ‘Ancient to Modern’ (2009), and ‘Understanding Modern India’ (forthcoming).
This book constructs an anthropological history of a subaltern religious formation, Mahima Dharma of Orissa, a large province in eastern India. Tracking the contingent making of a critical community over a hundred and forty year period, ‘Religion, Law and Power’ explores the interplay of distinct expressions of time and history, innovative reformulations of caste and Hinduism and distinct engagements with state and nation. This serves to unravel the wider entanglements of religion, history, law, modernity and power.
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Examines the interplay of distinct yet overlapping facets of history, Hinduism, the state and the nation in Eastern India.
Preface; Maps; Introduction: Tales of Time; Formations of Faith; Poets and Texts; Ascetics, Histories and the Law; Contemporary Contours; Epilogue; Bibliography; Appendix; Glossary; Index
'This is a lucid and richly documented account of the mutual penetration of religion and politics; it should be read both by historians of religion and by historians of South Asia.' —Richard M. Eaton, Professor of History, University of Arizona
Les mer
Examines the interplay of distinct yet overlapping facets of history, Hinduism, the state and the nation in Eastern India.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781843317838
Publisert
2009-07-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Anthem Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
243
Forfatter
Om bidragsyterne
Ishita Banerjee-Dube is Professor of History at the Centre for Asian and African Studies, El Colegio de México. Her several authored and edited books include ‘Divine Affairs’ (2001), ‘Unbecoming Modern’ (2006), ‘Caste in History’ (2008), ‘Ancient to Modern’ (2009), and ‘Understanding Modern India’ (forthcoming).