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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, producing accounts that overemphasize the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. In this study, the author considers religious change on the margins of colonialism by looking at an important local figure, the Tamil Shaiva poet and mystic Ramalinga Swami (1823-1874). Weiss narrates a history of Hindu modernization that demonstrates the transformative role of Hindu ideas, models, and institutions, making this text essential for scholarly audiences of South Asian history, religious studies, Hindu studies, and South Asian studies.
Despite the global spread of Western medical practice, traditional
doctors still thrive in the modern world. In Recipes for
Immortality, Richard Weiss illuminates their continued success by
examining the ways in which siddha medical practitioners in Tamil
South India win the trust and patronage of patients. While
biomedicine might alleviate a patient's physical distress, siddha
doctors offer their clientele much more: affiliation to a timeless
and pure community, the fantasy of a Tamil utopia, and even the
prospect of immortality. They speak of a golden age of Tamil
civilization and of traditional medicine, drawing on broader
revivalist formulations of a pure and ancient Tamil community.
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