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Orientalism, Postcolonialism and the Construction of Religion

Authors: Rao Balagangadhara

Year: 2010

Type of publication: kapitola v odborné knize

Name of source: Rethinking Religion in India : the Colonial Construction of Hinduism

Publisher name: Routledge

Place: Oxon

Page from-to: 135-163

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Orientalismus,postkolonialismus a konstrukce náboženství	Autoři se v kapitole zabývají pojmem "hinduismus" jako konstriktem západní kultury, tento problatický koncept problatizují nabízejí možná východiska interpretace.	Indie;orientalismus;postkolonialismus;náboženství
eng	Orientalism, Postcolonialism and the Construction of Religion	This book critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Increasingly scholars have come to realise that the dominant understanding of Indian culture and its traditions is unsatisfactory. According to the classical paradigm, Hindu traditions are conceptualized as features of a religion with distinct beliefs, doctrines, sacred laws and holy texts. Today, however, many academics consider this conception to be a colonial ‘construction’. This book focuses on the different versions, arguments and counter-arguments of the thesis that the Hindu religion is a construct of colonialism.	India;Orientalism;Postcolonialism;Religion

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