Rethinking religion in India : the colonial construction of Hinduism / edited by Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens and Rajaram Hegde
. – LondonNew York : Routledge, 2010
xv, 192 p. ; 25 cm
Introduction : rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch -- Hindus and others / David N. Lorenzen -- Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947 / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos -- Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah -- Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present / Laurie L. Patton -- Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion / Richard King -- Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India / Timothy Fitzgerald -- Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion / S.N. Balagangadhara -- The colonial construction of what? / Jakob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout.
ISBN9781138895928 :
1. Hinduism – Historiography. 1. Hinduism – History – 18th century. 1. Hinduism – History – 19th century.
1. India – Civilization – 18th century. 1. India – Civilization – 19th century.
I. Bloch, Esther., ed. I. Keppens, Marianne., ed. I. Hegde, Rajaram., ed.