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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Johannes Quack |
| ISBN: | 9780199812608 0199812608 9780199812622 0199812624 |
| OCLC Number: | 704120510 |
| Description: | xvii, 362 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Part I: Object of Inquiry: Indian Rationalists, Modes of Unbelief & Disenchantment 1. Indian Rationalists 2. Modes of Unbelief 3. Rationalization and Disenchantment 4. Methodological Remarks and Research Setting Part II: History: Roots of Organized Rationalism in India 5. "Narrative" of the Indian Roots of Rationalism 6. Evolution of Rationalism in Colonial India 7. Influence of the English Rationalist Movement 8. Organized Rationalism in 20th Century India 9. Recent History of Organized Rationalism in Maharashtra Part III: Ethnography: Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANiS) 10. ANiS in Action: The Science-Van 11. Organizational Structure and Set-Up of ANiS 12. Profile and Agenda of ANiS 13. Individual Interpretations and Applications of Rationalism 14. Rationalism as a Way of Life 15. ANiS in Context 16. Impact of ANiS Part IV Theory: The Mode of Unbelief of ANiS Bibliography Appendix |
| Responsibility: | Johannes Quack. |
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<br>"Johannes Quack has ventured into new territory in his close study of the Indian rationalist movement, particularly its manifestations in early twenty-first century Maharashtra. He has combined ethnographic analysis, social theory, and a deep knowledge of Indian history with reflections on secularism, religious belief, rationality, enchantment, and disenchantment. The result is a vivid depiction of India in the throes of modernity, in which class, gender, nationalism, and ideological and discursive strategies are contesting for the very future of India. This excellent volume must be examined by anyone interested in modern and contemporary India because it addresses in a most illuminating way a desperately understudied topic."--Frederick M. Smith, Professor of Sanskrit and Classical Indian Religions, University of Iowa<p><br>"The book is a rich source of information...It provides the reader with food for thought on complex questions...The narrative is engaging and full of ethnographic detail about personal dilemmas, doctrinal conicts, and rationalist performances. Disenchanting India is a major contribution to and entry point for the study of complex and long-standing problems of Indian society."--H-Net Reviews<p><br> Read more...
