Author: Keith E. Yandell Keith E. Yandell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136818081
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the intricacies of what is perhaps the single most complex socio-religious environment in the world. The essays consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and differences which the formation of this idea and its acceptance have made upon wider public consciousness. Each essay also considers certain general issues - such as the passing along of religious authority from one generation to the next, and the rise of disputes over matters both ideological (or doctrinal) and institutional, disputes that are fundamental to the traditions concerned and yet have unmistakable cross-cultural references.
Culture of Encounters
Author: Audrey Truschke
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231540973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. This history begins with the invitation of Brahman and Jain intellectuals to King Akbar's court in the 1560s, then details the numerous Mughal-backed texts they and their Mughal interlocutors produced under emperors Akbar, Jahangir (1605–1627), and Shah Jahan (1628–1658). Many works, including Sanskrit epics and historical texts, were translated into Persian, elevating the political position of Brahmans and Jains and cultivating a voracious appetite for Indian writings throughout the Mughal world. The first book to read these Sanskrit and Persian works in tandem, Culture of Encounters recasts the Mughal Empire as a polyglot polity that collaborated with its Indian subjects to envision its sovereignty. The work also reframes the development of Brahman and Jain communities under Mughal rule, which coalesced around carefully selected, politically salient memories of imperial interaction. Along with its groundbreaking findings, Culture of Encounters certifies the critical role of the sociology of empire in building the Mughal polity, which came to irrevocably shape the literary and ruling cultures of early modern India.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231540973
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal rule essential to the empire's survival. This history begins with the invitation of Brahman and Jain intellectuals to King Akbar's court in the 1560s, then details the numerous Mughal-backed texts they and their Mughal interlocutors produced under emperors Akbar, Jahangir (1605–1627), and Shah Jahan (1628–1658). Many works, including Sanskrit epics and historical texts, were translated into Persian, elevating the political position of Brahmans and Jains and cultivating a voracious appetite for Indian writings throughout the Mughal world. The first book to read these Sanskrit and Persian works in tandem, Culture of Encounters recasts the Mughal Empire as a polyglot polity that collaborated with its Indian subjects to envision its sovereignty. The work also reframes the development of Brahman and Jain communities under Mughal rule, which coalesced around carefully selected, politically salient memories of imperial interaction. Along with its groundbreaking findings, Culture of Encounters certifies the critical role of the sociology of empire in building the Mughal polity, which came to irrevocably shape the literary and ruling cultures of early modern India.
Religion and Public Culture
Author: Keith E. Yandell Keith E. Yandell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136818081
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the intricacies of what is perhaps the single most complex socio-religious environment in the world. The essays consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and differences which the formation of this idea and its acceptance have made upon wider public consciousness. Each essay also considers certain general issues - such as the passing along of religious authority from one generation to the next, and the rise of disputes over matters both ideological (or doctrinal) and institutional, disputes that are fundamental to the traditions concerned and yet have unmistakable cross-cultural references.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136818081
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The last two centuries have witnessed profound changes in the nature of public consciousness. Nowhere has this been more true than in India, especially in relation to changing cultures of public life and religious tradition in South India. Essays in this collection attempt to explore the intricacies of what is perhaps the single most complex socio-religious environment in the world. The essays consider the evolution of the notion of Hinduism as a distinct and singular separate religion; the relationship between this kind of formulation and various European or western influences in India; and differences which the formation of this idea and its acceptance have made upon wider public consciousness. Each essay also considers certain general issues - such as the passing along of religious authority from one generation to the next, and the rise of disputes over matters both ideological (or doctrinal) and institutional, disputes that are fundamental to the traditions concerned and yet have unmistakable cross-cultural references.
Cultural Encounters in India
Author: Heike Liebau
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351470655
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
The book is an English translation of an award winning German book. The history of social and religious encounter in 18th century South India is narrated through fascinating biographies and day to day lives of Indian workers in the Tranquebar Mission (1706-1845). The book challenges the notion that Christianity in colonial India was basically imposed from the outside. Liebau maintains that significant contributions were made by the local converts and mission co-workers who played an important role in the Tranquebar Mission.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351470655
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
The book is an English translation of an award winning German book. The history of social and religious encounter in 18th century South India is narrated through fascinating biographies and day to day lives of Indian workers in the Tranquebar Mission (1706-1845). The book challenges the notion that Christianity in colonial India was basically imposed from the outside. Liebau maintains that significant contributions were made by the local converts and mission co-workers who played an important role in the Tranquebar Mission.
Cultural Encounters in India
Author: Heike Liebau
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788187358725
Category : Lutheran Church
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788187358725
Category : Lutheran Church
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Multi-stories
Author: Kalpana Sahni
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136704620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This unique work explores, through personal narratives, the overlapping and intermingling of cultures as well as the immense cultural diversity across the world. This exploration inevitably questions notions of higher or lower cultures, and civilized or uncivilized peoples. Indeed it questions the very concept of superiority amongst peoples. Apart from cross-cultural encounters, this work also discusses how various democratic and non-democratic governments and organizations have attempted to conceal cross-cultural influences by inventing superiority, purity, and authenticity of cultures and civilizations to the detriment of others. Yet cross-culture pollination, an ongoing process, always reveals itself through the ignored cracks of history. The book shows that India is no exception and has been and continues to be porous. The numerous examples of cross-pollination — with Algeria, Indonesia, Cambodia, to mention a few — force us to re-look cultural constructs and indeed the very meaning of culture.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136704620
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This unique work explores, through personal narratives, the overlapping and intermingling of cultures as well as the immense cultural diversity across the world. This exploration inevitably questions notions of higher or lower cultures, and civilized or uncivilized peoples. Indeed it questions the very concept of superiority amongst peoples. Apart from cross-cultural encounters, this work also discusses how various democratic and non-democratic governments and organizations have attempted to conceal cross-cultural influences by inventing superiority, purity, and authenticity of cultures and civilizations to the detriment of others. Yet cross-culture pollination, an ongoing process, always reveals itself through the ignored cracks of history. The book shows that India is no exception and has been and continues to be porous. The numerous examples of cross-pollination — with Algeria, Indonesia, Cambodia, to mention a few — force us to re-look cultural constructs and indeed the very meaning of culture.
Cultural Encounters
Author: Elizabeth Hallam
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136289992
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Cultural Encounters examines how 'otherness' has been constituted, communicated and transformed in cultural representation. Covering a diverse range of media including film, TV, advertisements, video, photographs, painting, novels, poetry, newspapers and material objects, the contributors, who include Ludmilla Jordanova and Ivan Karp, explore the cultural politics of Europe's encounters with Brazil, India, Israel, Australia and Africa, examining the ways in which visual and textual art forms operate in their treatment of cultural difference.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136289992
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Cultural Encounters examines how 'otherness' has been constituted, communicated and transformed in cultural representation. Covering a diverse range of media including film, TV, advertisements, video, photographs, painting, novels, poetry, newspapers and material objects, the contributors, who include Ludmilla Jordanova and Ivan Karp, explore the cultural politics of Europe's encounters with Brazil, India, Israel, Australia and Africa, examining the ways in which visual and textual art forms operate in their treatment of cultural difference.
Father India
Author: Jeffery Paine
Publisher: HarperCol
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Paine presents several mini-biographies of 20th-century Westerners whose lives and thoughts were radically transformed by their experience of India: E.M. Forster, Carl Jung, W.B. Yeats, Christopher Isherwood, V.S. Naipaul, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Publisher: HarperCol
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Paine presents several mini-biographies of 20th-century Westerners whose lives and thoughts were radically transformed by their experience of India: E.M. Forster, Carl Jung, W.B. Yeats, Christopher Isherwood, V.S. Naipaul, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yankee India
Author: Susan S. Bean
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Using Mariners Logs, Journals, Letters, Business Papers And Indian Commodities And Curiosities Brought Home As Gifts And Mementos, Susan Bean Presents A Readable, Scholarly And Visually Opulent Study Of Material And Cultural Exchange. It Is A Beautifully
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Using Mariners Logs, Journals, Letters, Business Papers And Indian Commodities And Curiosities Brought Home As Gifts And Mementos, Susan Bean Presents A Readable, Scholarly And Visually Opulent Study Of Material And Cultural Exchange. It Is A Beautifully
The Culture of India
Author: Kathleen Kuiper Manager, Arts and Culture
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615301496
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Introduces the culture of India, covering such topics as languages and writing systems, the caste-system, Hinduism, philosophy, music, the visual and performing arts, and architecture.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1615301496
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Introduces the culture of India, covering such topics as languages and writing systems, the caste-system, Hinduism, philosophy, music, the visual and performing arts, and architecture.
Missions
Author: M. D. David
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Comprehensive account of the cross-cultural impact of Christianity in Maharashtra up to the period 1940.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Comprehensive account of the cross-cultural impact of Christianity in Maharashtra up to the period 1940.