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Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism
Contributor(s): Sharma, Jyotirmaya (Author)

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 ISBN: 0300197403     ISBN-13: 9780300197402
Publisher: Yale University Press
OUR PRICE: $99.75  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - India & South Asia
- Biography & Autobiography | Religious
- Religion | Hinduism - History
LCCN: 2013933533
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 5.28" W x 8.05" L (0.98 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Indian
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
In this third installment of his comprehensive history of "India's religion" and reappraisal of Hindu identity, Professor Jyotirmaya Sharma offers an engaging portrait of Swami Vivekananda and his relationship with his guru, the legendary Ramakrishna. Sharma's work focuses on Vivekananda's reinterpretation and formulation of diverse Indian spiritual and mystical traditions and practices as "Hinduism" and how it served to create, distort, and justify a national self-image. The author examines questions of caste and the primacy of the West in Vivekananda's vision, as well as the systematic marginalization of alternate religions and heterodox beliefs. In doing so, Professor Sharma provides readers with an incisive entryway into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Indian history and the rise of Hindutva, the Hindu nationalist movement. Sharma's illuminating narrative is an excellent reexamination of one of India's most controversial religious figures and a fascinating study of the symbiosis of Indian history, religion, politics, and national identity. It is an essential story for anyone interested in the evolution of one of the world's great religions and its role in shaping contemporary India.
 
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