Democracy's dhamma: Buddhism in the making of modern India, c. 1890-1956
"In 1956, B. R. Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism, raising questions about his turn from constitutionalism to religion. The answer lies in Buddhism itself. In the late colonial era, the struggle to produce an appropriate Buddhism for a nation-in-the-making reveals a secret history foundat...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | South Asian intellectual history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Buddhism
/ History 1890-1956
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| Further subjects: | B
Democracy (India)
History 20th century
B Democracy Religious aspects Buddhism B South Asia Intellectual life 20th century B Buddhism and politics (India) |
| Summary: | "In 1956, B. R. Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism, raising questions about his turn from constitutionalism to religion. The answer lies in Buddhism itself. In the late colonial era, the struggle to produce an appropriate Buddhism for a nation-in-the-making reveals a secret history foundational to modern India. Thinkers, activists, reformers, pilgrims and monks from around South, Southeast and East Asia discussed universalism, nationalism, modernity, democracy and caste radicalism and advocated an Indian return to Buddhism and the Buddha. This book traces this genealogy through the Buddhist itineraries and political projects of figures such as Anagarika Dharmapala, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vinayak D. Savarkar, Rahul Sankrityayan and Ambedkar to reveal how Buddhism emerged as democracy's dhamma, the religion of democracy"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 348 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-42495-0 |
