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On Hinduism (Hardcover)
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On Hinduism (Hardcover)
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One of the world's leading authorities on Hinduism gives us a work
of extraordinary scholarship on the religion. Through this
magisterial volume - which she calls 'the book of my books' - Wendy
Doniger, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest and most
original scholars of Hinduism, enlarges our understanding of an
ancient and complex religion. Comprising a series of connected
essays, On Hinduism examines many of the most crucial and contested
issues in Hinduism, from the time of the Vedas to the present day:
Are Hindus monotheists or polytheists? Is it possible to reconcile
images of god with qualities (saguna) and without qualities
(nirguna)? How can atheists be Hindu, and how can unrepentant Hindu
sinners obtain salvation? Why have Hindus devoted so much attention
to addictions, and why have they always been ambivalent about
non-injury (ahimsa)? How have Hindu ideas about death, rebirth and
karma changed in the course of history, and what do dogs and cows
tell us about Hinduism? How and under what conditions does a
pluralistic religion remarkable for its intellectual tolerance
foster intolerance? The book closes with short autobiographical
essays in which Doniger looks back upon her academic career -
complete with its Orientalist heritage, self-critiques and
controversies - and talks eloquently and movingly about the
influence of Hinduism on her own philosophy of life. Drawing upon
Doniger's writing over forty years, On Hinduism is scholarship of
the highest order, and a compelling analysis of one of the world's
great faiths.
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