The Emergence of Modern Hinduism
The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, highlighting the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western idea...
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| description | The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, highlighting the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. This book proposes, instead, that important projects of modernity were pursued on the colonial margins, by actors deeply embedded in tradition and deploying all its resources as the key means for change, using texts and languages not associated with centralized power or national or global discourses. It focuses on one such figure, the Tamil Shaiva poet and mystic Ramalinga Swami (1823–1874). Ramalinga emphasized the continuities of tradition, new revelation, the possibility of the miraculous, and an ethics of inclusion that challenged caste and class boundaries. His vision provided a counterpoint to reform Hinduism, yet his projects were no less modern than their cosmopolitan counterparts. By including Ramalinga, and figures like him, in historical accounts of religious modernization, we can develop new ways of thinking about modern Hinduism that more accurately reflect its diverse ways of being modern. The book thus effects a fundamental shift in the way we conceptualize the emergence of modern religion, as well as the concept of the “modern” itself, in South Asia and beyond. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-377392025-01-31T07:24:16Z The Emergence of Modern Hinduism Weiss, Richard S. Ramalinga Swami Vallalar Tamil Shaivism modern Hinduism modernity Tamil religion religion and colonialism Hindu reform multiple modernities thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, highlighting the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. This book proposes, instead, that important projects of modernity were pursued on the colonial margins, by actors deeply embedded in tradition and deploying all its resources as the key means for change, using texts and languages not associated with centralized power or national or global discourses. It focuses on one such figure, the Tamil Shaiva poet and mystic Ramalinga Swami (1823–1874). Ramalinga emphasized the continuities of tradition, new revelation, the possibility of the miraculous, and an ethics of inclusion that challenged caste and class boundaries. His vision provided a counterpoint to reform Hinduism, yet his projects were no less modern than their cosmopolitan counterparts. By including Ramalinga, and figures like him, in historical accounts of religious modernization, we can develop new ways of thinking about modern Hinduism that more accurately reflect its diverse ways of being modern. The book thus effects a fundamental shift in the way we conceptualize the emergence of modern religion, as well as the concept of the “modern” itself, in South Asia and beyond. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-09-19 15:38:44 2020-04-01T10:07:11Z 2019 book 1005407 OCN: 1135848200 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24704 9780520307056 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37739 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24704/1/the-emergence-of-modern-hinduism.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24704/1/the-emergence-of-modern-hinduism.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24704/1/the-emergence-of-modern-hinduism.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24704/1/the-emergence-of-modern-hinduism.pdf University of California Press 10.1525/luminos.75 10.1525/luminos.75 19856893-4bf2-4e3e-9137-c7692d64e4c1 9780520307056 222 Oakland open access |
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