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On Hinduism (Hardcover)
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In this magisterial volume of essays, Wendy Doniger enhances our
understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has
devoted herself for half a century. This series of interconnected
essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly
contested issues in Hinduism over 3,500 years, from the ancient
time of the Vedas to the present day. The essays contemplate the
nature of Hinduism; Hindu concepts of divinity; attitudes
concerning gender, control, and desire; the question of reality and
illusion; and the impermanent and the eternal in the two great
Sanskrit epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Among the
questions Doniger considers are: Are Hindus monotheists or
polytheists? How can atheists be Hindu, and how can unrepentant
Hindu sinners find salvation? Why have Hindus devoted so much
attention to the psychology of addiction? What does the
significance of dogs and cows tell us about Hinduism? How have
Hindu concepts of death, rebirth, and karma changed over the course
of history? How and why does a pluralistic faith, remarkable for
its intellectual tolerance, foster religious intolerance? Doniger
concludes with four concise autobiographical essays in which she
reflects on her lifetime of scholarship, Hindu criticism of her
work, and the influence of Hinduism on her own philosophy of life.
On Hinduism is the culmination of over forty years of scholarship
from a renowned expert on one of the world's great faiths.
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