Visual and Media Culture
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Source Publication
Hinduism in the Modern World
Link to Published Version
https://www.routledge.com/Hinduism-in-the-Modern-World/Hatcher/p/book/9780415836043
Publication Date
2015
Editor
Brian A. Hatcher
Publisher
Routledge
City
New York
ISBN
9780415836043
First Page
227
Last Page
242
Department
Religious Studies
Recommended Citation
McLain, Karline, "Visual and Media Culture" (2015). Faculty Contributions to Books. 237.
https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/fac_books/237
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Publisher Statement
Hinduism in the Modern World presents a new and unprecedented attempt to survey the nature, range, and significance of modern and contemporary Hinduism in South Asia and the global diaspora. Organized to reflect the direction of recent scholarly research, this volume breaks with earlier texts on this subject by seeking to overcome a misleading dichotomy between an elite, intellectualist "modern" Hinduism and the rest of what has so often been misleadingly termed "traditional" or "popular" Hinduism. Without neglecting the significance of modern reformist visions of Hinduism, this book reconceptualizes the meaning of "modern Hinduism" both by expanding its content and by situating its expression within a larger framework of history, ethnography, and contemporary critical theory. This volume equips undergraduate readers with the tools necessary to appreciate the richness and diversity of Hinduism as it has developed during the past two centuries.