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Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires: Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society, cartea 12

Autor William R. Pinch
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 aug 2012
Many people assume, largely because of Gandhi's legacy, that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. In this 2006 book William R. Pinch shows just how wrong this assumption is. Using the life of Anupgiri Gosain, a Hindu ascetic who lived at the end of the eighteenth century, he demonstrates that Hindu warrior ascetics were an important component of the South Asian military labor market in the medieval and early modern Indian past, and crucial to the rise of British imperialism. Today, they occupy a prominent place in modern Indian imaginations, ironically as romantic defenders of a Hindu India against foreign invasion, even though they are almost totally absent from Indian history. William R. Pinch's innovative and gloriously composed book sets out to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present. It will appeal to students of religion and historians of empire.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107406377
ISBN-10: 1107406374
Pagini: 294
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. Mughal Yogis; 2. WarLords; 3. Company Gosains; 4. Begams and Ranis in Rasdhan; 5. Sakti Bhakti; 6. Indian Sadhus; Kailash's counterfactual and other conclusions; Bibliography.

Recenzii

'This book deserves to become a runaway bestseller.' The Indian Economic and Social History Review
'Yogis seem to have gone particularly out of control during the eighteenth-century anarchy between the fall of the Mughals and the rise of the British. This is a subject explored by William Pinch in his brilliant 2006 study of the militant yogis of the period, Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires.' William Dalrymple, The New York Review of Books

Descriere

This 2006 book is an innovative study of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present.