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050 00 $aBL1151.5$b.R48 2010
082 00 $a294.509/034$222
245 00 $aRethinking religion in India :$bthe colonial construction of Hinduism /$cedited by Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens and Rajaram Hegde.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2010.
300 $axv, 192 p. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aRoutledge South Asian religion series ;$v4
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch -- Hindus and others / David N. Lorenzen -- Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947 / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos -- Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah -- Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present / Laurie L. Patton -- Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion / Richard King -- Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India / Timothy Fitzgerald -- Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion / S.N. Balagangadhara -- The colonial construction of what? / Jakob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout.
520 8 $aThis study critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Written by experts in their field, the chapters present historical and empirical arguments as well as theoretical reflections on the topic, offering new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India.
650 0 $aHinduism$xHistoriography.
650 0 $aHinduism$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aHinduism$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aIndia$xCivilization$y18th century.
651 0 $aIndia$xCivilization$y19th century.
648 7 $aGeschichte 1787-1947$2swd
700 1 $aBloch, Esther.
700 1 $aKeppens, Marianne.
700 1 $aHegde, Rajaram.