Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on sources in Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu, the author argues that the performance of plural religious identities in public space in Indian early modernity paved the way for the emergence of a distinctively non-Western form of religious pluralism.
Trade Review"A clearly written and outstanding study of early modern India. Fisher’s exploration of the relationship between the political and the religious is informative and stimulating. " * Reading Religion *
"Hindu Pluralism is a wonderful and thoughtful examination of sixteenth and seventeenth religious and intellectual culture."
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Hindu Pluralism presents both a sophisticated intervention in major debates within religious studies and political theory and an excellent granular study of diverse textual genres in a polyglot literary culture." * International Journal of Hindu Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Hindu Sectarianism: Difference in Unity 2. "Just Like Kalidasa": The Making of the Smarta-Saiva Community of South India 3. Public Philology: Constructing Sectarian Identities in Early Modern South India 4. The Language Games of Siva: Mapping Text and Space in Public Religious Culture Conclusion: A Prehistory of Hindu Pluralism Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
