Tradition and Liberation - The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement (Hardcover)

This text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian Women's Movement. The book analyzes the relationship between the Hindu tradition and the Indian Women's Movement in order to demonstrate that members of the movement have advanced different interpretations of the tradition, and hence that they have had different reasons for and against appeal to Hindu beliefs and values. Through a review of speeches and writings of leading 19th- and 20th-century figures of the movement, the work identifies positive as well as negative representations of the tradition and its implications for women. Acordingly, it shows when and why the movement has chosen either to offer a traditional justification for its aims and activities or to eschew such a justification in favour of an alternative rationale. The study integrates an awareness of modern discourse about the position of women in the Hindu tradition with an account of the Indian Women's Movement. In so doing, it considers both how the Indian Women's Movement has conceptualized the position of women in the Hindu tradition and how the movement has challenged this position, concentrating on reference to t

General

Imprint:	RoutledgeCurzon
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Asian Religion
Release date:	August 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Catherine A Robinson
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-7007-1143-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Promotions
LSN:	0-7007-1143-0
Barcode:	9780700711437

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