Mandair Religion and the Specter of the West

Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality, and the Politics of Translation
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-51980-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Mandair, Arvind-Pal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Sikhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. "Indian Religions" and Western Thought
1. Mono-theo-lingualism: Religion, Language, and Subjectivity in Colonial North India
2. Hegel and the Comparative Imaginary of the West
Part II. Theology as Cultural Translation
3. Sikhism and the Politics of Religion-Making
4. Violence, Mysticism, and the Capture of Subjectivity
Part III. Postcolonial Exits
5. Ideologies of Sacred Sound
6. Decolonizing Postsecular Theory
Epilogue
Glossary of Indic Terms
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arvind-Pal S. Mandair is associate professor of Asian languages and cultures and S.C.S.B. Endowed Professor of Sikh Studies at the University of Michigan. He is a founding coeditor of the journal Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory.