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New. Some postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as "Hinduism" is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as ancient as some Hindus claim, it has its roots in innovations within South Asian philosophy from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. During this time, thinkers treated the philosophies of Vedanta, Samkhya, and Yoga, along with the worshippers of Visnu, Siva, and Sakti, as belonging to a single system of belief and practice. Instead of seeing such groups as separate and contradictory, they re-envisioned them as separate rivers leading to the ocean of Brahman, the ultimate reality. Drawing on the writings of philosophers from late medieval and early modern traditions, including Vijnanabhiksu, Madhava, and Madhusudana Sarasvati, Nicholson shows how influential thinkers portrayed Vedanta philosophy as the ultimate unifier of diverse belief systems. This project paved the way for the work of later Hindu reformers, such as Vivekananda, Radhakrishnan, and Gandhi, whose teachings promoted the notion that all world religions belong to a single spiritual unity. In his study, Nicholson also critiques the way in which Eurocentric concepts--like monism and dualism, idealism and realism, theism and atheism, and orthodoxy and heterodoxy--have come to dominate modern discourses on Indian philosophy. ISBN ...

Columbia University Press 2010 Hard cover New Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496. Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. 280 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HPDF; HRG. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight: 496. 2010. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

Columbia Univ Pr, Date: 2010. Hardcover. New. 266 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. 2010. Columbia Univ Pr ISBN 0231149867 9780231149860 [GB]