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Disenchanting India - Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India (Hardcover)
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Disenchanting India - Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India (Hardcover)
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India is frequently represented as the quintessential land of
religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an
examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist organizations:
groups who affirm the values and attitudes of atheism, humanism, or
free-thinking. Quack shows the rationalists' emphasis on
maintaining links to atheism and materialism in ancient India and
outlines their strong ties to the intellectual currents of modern
European history. At the heart of Disenchanting India is an
ethnographic study of the organization ''Andhashraddha Nirmulan
Samiti'' (Organization for the Eradication of Superstition), based
in the Indian State of Maharashtra. Quack gives a nuanced account
of the Organization's specific "mode of unbelief. " He describes
the group's efforts to encourage a scientific temper and to combat
beliefs and practices that it regards as superstitious. Quack also
shows the role played by rationalism in the day-to-day lives of the
Organization's members, as well as the Organization's controversial
position within Indian society. Disenchanting India contributes
crucial insight into the nature of rationalism in the intellectual
life and cultural politics of India.
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