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Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies. Drawing on a variety of post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers, such as Foucault, Gadamer, Said, and Spivak, King provides us with a challenging series of reflections on the nature of Religious Studies and Indology.
"Richard King's Orentalism and Religion" is an impressive and truly cross-disciplinary study that tackles head on some of the field's most deeply ingrained yet troublesome presumptions. This book promises to set the terms for future debates on the status, methods and "theories of religion." -Russell McCutcheon, Southwest Missouri State University "An insightful and provocative contribution to recent series of studies that can be best characterized as 'colonial discourse analysis'." -Gerald Larson, Indiana University "This is an important book. The main theme, the 'othering' of the East, is highly significant and original, painstakingly documented, and with major implications for western scholarship." -Grace Jantzen, University of Manchester
| Acknowledgements | |
| Introduction | |
| Changing the Subject | |
| The Power of Definitions: A Genealogy of the 'Mystical' | |
| Disciplining Religion | |
| Sacred Texts, Hermeneutics and World Religions | |
| Orientalism and Indian Religions | |
| The Modern Myth of 'Hinduism' | |
| 'Mystic Hinduism': Vedanta and the Politics of Representation | |
| Orientalism and the Discovery of 'Buddhism' | |
| The Politics of Privatization; Indian Religion and the Study of Mysticism | |
| Beyond Orientalism? Religion and Comparativism in a Post-Colonial Era | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780415202589
ISBN-10: 0415202582
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 296
Published: 15th April 1999
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.01 x 16.36
x 2.24
Weight (kg): 0.46
Edition Number: 1
