Passages through India: Indian Gurus, Western Disciples and the Politics of Indophilia, 1890–1940: Global South Asians
Autor Somak Biswasen Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 aug 2023
Preț: 592.89 lei
Preț vechi: 651.54 lei
-9% Nou
Puncte Express: 889
Preț estimativ în valută:
113.48€ • 118.27$ • 94.47£
113.48€ • 118.27$ • 94.47£
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 16-30 decembrie
Livrare express 30 noiembrie-06 decembrie pentru 33.81 lei
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781009337984
ISBN-10: 100933798X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 237 x 161 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Global South Asians
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 100933798X
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 237 x 161 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Global South Asians
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Section I. Introduction: Indophilia and Its Wider Worlds, 1890–1940; 1. Languages of Longing: Indian Gurus, Western Disciples and the Politics of Letter-Writing; Section II. 2. Home in the World: Indophiles and the Ashram; 3. India, Indophiles and Indenture: Cultural Politics of a Transnational Discourse, 1911–1931; Section III. 4. Practices of Discipleship: Vivekananda and His Women Disciples, 1890–1910; 5. Vedanta and Its Variables: The Politics of a 'World Religion', 1890–1910; Epilogue: What Settles After; Bibliography; Index.
Recenzii
'Biswas explores both the social geographies and the cultural practices of radical devotees in pursuit of earthly transcendence and revolutionary politics, producing a lively account of utopian communities stitched together by spiritual desire and preserved in a rich and vivid archive of letters that testify to the power of affective politics in the making of global history.' Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois
'An elegant account of the mutual but also rival desires that constituted the now classic relationship between Indian sages and their Western followers starting early in the last century. The combination of counter-cultural transgression and conservatism that Biswas describes in such relations makes for a highly original argument.' Faisal Devji, University of Oxford
'Weaving together modern guru–disciple relationships and the journeys of Western figures in pursuit of Indian gurus, this significant work explores a strikingly unusual theme. Each relationship is situated against a broad historical backdrop of contemporary politics and faith, of gender and emotions, in Britain and America as well as in India.' Tanika Sarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
'Puts flesh on the bones of the familiar trope of the Indian guru and the Western disciple. It is a useful reminder of the important work of 'white solidarity' in reshaping the global image of India for an anti-colonial project. At the same time, it is clear-eyed about the exclusionary effects of relying on Hindu high culture and a politics of respectability.' Mrinalini Sinha, University of Michigan
'An elegant account of the mutual but also rival desires that constituted the now classic relationship between Indian sages and their Western followers starting early in the last century. The combination of counter-cultural transgression and conservatism that Biswas describes in such relations makes for a highly original argument.' Faisal Devji, University of Oxford
'Weaving together modern guru–disciple relationships and the journeys of Western figures in pursuit of Indian gurus, this significant work explores a strikingly unusual theme. Each relationship is situated against a broad historical backdrop of contemporary politics and faith, of gender and emotions, in Britain and America as well as in India.' Tanika Sarkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
'Puts flesh on the bones of the familiar trope of the Indian guru and the Western disciple. It is a useful reminder of the important work of 'white solidarity' in reshaping the global image of India for an anti-colonial project. At the same time, it is clear-eyed about the exclusionary effects of relying on Hindu high culture and a politics of respectability.' Mrinalini Sinha, University of Michigan
Notă biografică
Descriere
Analyses the phenomenon of western Indophilia, its ideological and affective composition, and its political implications in late-colonial British India.