Representing Hinduism : the construction of religious traditions and national identity

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Introduction - Vasudha Dalmia and Heinrich von Stietencron PART ONE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE A Radical Reassessment of the Vedic Heritage - /f003The Acaryahrdayam/f001 and Its Wider Implications - Friedhelm Hardy Religious Configurations in Pre-Muslim India and the Modern Concept of Hinduism - Heinrich von Stietencron Shifting Categories in the Discourse on Caste - Gita Dharampal-Frick Some Historical Observations PART TWO: NINETEENTH CENTURY RECONSTRUCTIONS History and the Nationalisation of Hinduism - Partha Chatterjee The Category 'Hindu' in the Political Discourse of Nepal - Richard Burghart From Krishnalila to Ramarajya - J[um]urgen L[um]utt A Court Case and its Consequences for the Reformulation of Hinduism Whose Laws? - Sudhir Chandra Notes on a Nineteenth Century Hindu Case of Conjugal Rights 'The Only True Religion of the Hindus' - Vasudha Dalmia Vaisnava Self-Representation in the Late Nineteenth Century Practical Vedanta - Wilhelm Halbfass Pandita Ramabai - Ram Bapat Faith and Reason in the Shadow of the East and West The Reversal of Orientalism - Sudipta Kaviraj Bhudev Mukhopadhyay and the Project of Indigenist Social Theory PART THREE: IMAGES AND COUNTER-IMAGES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY /f003Hind Swaraj/f001 as a Statement of Tradition in the Modern World - Suresh Sharma Towards a Universal Dharma - Monika Horstmann /f003Kalyan /f001and the Tracts of the Gita Press The Personal Law Question and Hindu Nationalism - Dieter Conrad Composite Culture and Communal Consciousness - Javeed Alam Ittehadul Muslimeen in Hyderabad Counterconcepts and the Creation of Cultural Identity - Veena Das Hindus in the Militant Sikh Discourse The Appeal of Hindu History - Gyanendra Pandey The Erosion of Folk Religion in Modern India - G[um]unther D Sontheimer Some Points for Deliberation PART FOUR: THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE FORMATION OF A PAN-INDIAN 'HINDU' TRADITION The Representation of Gods and Heroes in the Parsi Mythological Drama of the Early Twentieth Century - Anuradha Kapur Authenticity and Tradition - Roma Chatterji Reappraising a 'Folk' Form The /f003Bhagvadgita/f001 in the /f003Mahabharata/f001 TV Serial - Angelika Malinar Domestic Drama and Dharmic Solutions

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