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The modern spirit of Asia: the spiritual and the secular in China and India

2014 Princeton University Press ;ISBN: 0691128154 ;ISBN: 9780691128153 ;ISBN: 0691128146 ;ISBN: 9780691128146 ;ISBN: 9781400848553 ;ISBN: 1400848555 ;EISBN: 9781400848553 ;EISBN: 1400848555 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781400848553 ;OCLC: 858653172 ;LCCallNum: BL1033.V44 2014

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  • Title:
    The modern spirit of Asia: the spiritual and the secular in China and India
  • Author: van der Veer, Peter
  • Subjects: 1FKA ; 1FPC ; Anthropology ; Asia ; China ; Comparative Religion ; HBJF ; HISTORY ; HRAC ; India ; India & South Asia ; JHMC ; Nationalism ; RELIGION ; Religion and sociology ; Religious aspects ; Religious life and customs ; Secularism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Description: The Modern Spirit of Asiachallenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectuals, yet how modernity in China and India is by no means uniform. While religion is a centerpiece of Indian nationalism, it is viewed in China as an obstacle to progress that must be marginalized and controlled. The Modern Spirit of Asiamoves deftly from Kandinsky's understanding of spirituality in art to Indian yoga and Chinese qi gong, from modern theories of secularism to histories of Christian conversion, from Orientalist constructions of religion to Chinese campaigns against magic and superstition, and from Muslim Kashmir to Muslim Xinjiang. Van der Veer, an outspoken proponent of the importance of comparative studies of religion and society, eloquently makes his case in this groundbreaking examination of the spiritual and the secular in China and India.
  • Publisher: Princeton: Princeton University Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 297
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 0691128154
    ISBN: 9780691128153
    ISBN: 0691128146
    ISBN: 9780691128146
    ISBN: 9781400848553
    ISBN: 1400848555
    EISBN: 9781400848553
    EISBN: 1400848555
    DOI: 10.1515/9781400848553
    OCLC: 858653172
    LCCallNum: BL1033.V44 2014
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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