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Rethinking orientalism: colonialism and the study of Indian traditions

Authors: Rao Balagangadhara | Gelders Raf

Year: 2011

Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku

Name of source: History of religions

Publisher name: University of Chicago Press

Place: Chicago

Page from-to: 101-128

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Přehodnocení orientalismu: kolonialismus a studium indických tradic	Autoři tohoto článku tvrdí a přinášejí pro to spousu důkazů, že mocenské vztahy z koloniálního období nijak nevysvětlují vznik hinduismu.
eng	Rethinking orientalism: colonialism and the study of Indian traditions	In the discussions about Orientalist construction of Hinduism two statements are very much prevalent: 1) textual attitude of the British colonial scholarship towards native traditions of India was crucial and 2) the Brahmins were collaborative „native agents“ in the process of constructing one monolythical Hinduism. Authors argue that power relations of the colonial period are not explaining the creation of „Hinduism“ at all. Two above mentioned statements are analysed as a continuity of Orientalist thought. Authors bring a lot of evidence that already pre-colonial European thinkers since the Middle Ages conceptualised unified Indian „religion“ of Brahmins. Thus already pre-colonial European intelligentia created Gestalt for later „Hinduism“. It can be shown very well that origins of this discourse are Christian theological in nature.	Religious studies; Jesuits Colonialism; Cultural history; Hinduism; Missionaries

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