Hindus, The: An Alternative History - Hardcover

Wendy Doniger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594202052 ISBN 13: 9781594202056

Publisher: PENGUIN USA, 2009

Synopsis

A revisionist history of Hinduism elucidates the relationship between recorded history and Hindu myth, explaining how its central tenets arise at particular moments in Indian history and vary greatly in accordance with gender and caste, in an account that also explores ongoing debates and the roles of the Sanskrit texts.

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Review:

You will learn a huge amount about both the main thoroughfares and neglected byways of Hindu history. (Jonathan Wright, Sunday Herald)

It is one of the most profound and enlightening anatomisations of Hindu history I have ever read. (Jonathan Wright, Sunday Herald)

Scholarly, witty, and even-handed... one of the most profound and enlightening anatomisations of Hindu history I have ever read. (Jonathan Wright, Sunday Herald)

About the Author:

Wendy Doniger holds two doctorates in Sanskrit and Indian studies from Harvard and Oxford. She is the author of several translations of Sanskrit texts and many books about Hinduism and has taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and at the University of California at Berkeley. She is currently the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: PENGUIN USA
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1594202052
• ISBN 13: 9781594202056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 800