Religious rites and scientific communities: ayudha puja as culture at the indian institute of science
Ayudha Puja, a South Indian festival translated as "worship of the machines," is a dramatic example of how religion and science intertwine in political life. Across South India, but especially in the state of Karnataka, scientists and engineers celebrate the festival in offices, laboratori...
| Άλλοι τίτλοι: | HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, AND SCIENCE |
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| Κύριοι συγγραφείς: | ; |
| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Zygon
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 53, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 95-122 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Indian Institute of Science
/ Karnataka
/ Ayudha Puja
/ Φυσικές επιστήμες (μοτίβο)
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AB Φιλοσοφία της θρησκείας, Κριτική της θρησκείας, Αθεϊσμός BK Ινδουισμός, Τζαϊνισμός, Σικχισμός NCJ Επιστημονική Ηθική VA Φιλοσοφία |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Ethnography
B Culturalization B Technology B Τελετουργία (μοτίβο) B Science B Hinduism B India |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Σύνοψη: | Ayudha Puja, a South Indian festival translated as "worship of the machines," is a dramatic example of how religion and science intertwine in political life. Across South India, but especially in the state of Karnataka, scientists and engineers celebrate the festival in offices, laboratories, and workshops by attending a puja led by a priest. Although the festival is noteworthy in many ways, one of its most immediate valences is political. In this article, we argue that Ayudha Puja normalizes Brahminical Hinduism within scientific culture through the inclusion of non-Hindus and through scientists' description of the festival as "cultural" rather than "religious." |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12380 |