Orientalism and the quest for a postcolonial discourse orientalism and indology. Richard king is a scholar of indian philosophy and religion and has taught in several british universities. Drawing on a variety of poststructuralist and postcolonial thinkers, including foucault, gadamer, said, and spivak, richard king examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, hinduism and buddhism are taken for granted, and shows us how. Richard king examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, hinduism and buddhism are taken for granted. These depictions are usually done by writers, designers, and artists from the west. You can read all your books for as long as a month for free and will get the latest books notifications. Postcolonial theory, india and the mystic east by king, richard published by routledge 1999 free pdf d0wnl0ad, audio books, books to read, good books to read, cheap. Pilgrims and pilgrimages, british and french 166 chapter 3 orientaiism now i. Orientalism and the modern myth of hinduism richard king summary is there really a single ancient religion designated by the catchall term hinduism or is the term merely a fairly recent social construction of western origin. Postcolonial philosophy of religion download ebook pdf. Postcolonial theory, india and the mystic east by king, richard published by routledge 1999 for online ebook. Is there really a single ancient religion designated by the catchall term hinduism or is the term merely a fairly recent social construction of western origin. Rational anthropology and philological laboratory 123 ill. In the face of postcolonialism and postmodernism, there is no doubt that reli gious studies stands in need of a fundamental reformulation of its discourses, practices, and institutions.
Postcolonial the ory, india and the mystic east offers a program for the reshaping of the field. Postcolonial theory, india and the mystic east kindle edition by king, richard. Click download or read online button to get postcolonial philosophy of religion book now. Orientalism and the modern myth of hinduism enlighten. Click read now pdf download, get it for free, register 100% easily.
It has been suggested that it is almost impossible to overestimate the significance of edward saids orientalism which, in its introduction of global, political and economic factors into the study of literary texts, opened up the field of postcolonial studies in what has been called an epochmaking assault upon western notions of objective scholarship see kennedy, 2000, pp. Orientalism and its relation to music and musical representation. And john zavos, the emergence of hindu nationalism in india. The requirements of lexicography and imagination 149 iv. Mccutcheon, southwest missouri state university richard kings orientalism. In this undertaking, king argues that the categories of religion, culture, and power indeed overlap with power functioning within the realm of both religion and culture. King is professor of buddhist and asian studies at the university of kent, where he specialises in south asian traditions and critical theory and religious studies. Orientalism, for said, is a kind of western projection onto and will to govern over the orient. In art history, literature and cultural studies, orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the eastern world. Orientalism, western scholarly discipline of the 18th and 19th centuries that encompassed the study of the languages, literatures, religions, philosophies, histories, art, and laws of asian societies, especially ancient ones. Such scholarship also inspired broader intellectual and artistic circles. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Accordingly, orientalism and religion promises to help set the terms for future debates on the status, methods, and theories of the study of religion.
Richard king is reader in religious studies at the university of stirling. In his book orientalism, edward said addresses the idea that the way the orient has and still is pictured and understood by the west is not only diminishing but closer to mythology than reality. Orientalism and religion by richard king and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Postcolonial theory, india, and the mystic east is a fascinating book that explores the interface between postcolonial theory and the comparative study of religion king 2. This paper examines the role played by orientalist scholars in the construction of western notions of indian religion by an examination of the origins of the concept of hinduism. Orientalism past and present an introduction to a postcolonial critique the aim of this article is to introduce the term orientalism, its meaning, its history and most important its future. I will start with a definition of the term itself with. Drawing on a variety of poststructuralist and postcolonial thinkers, including foucault, gadamer, said, and spivak. For said, religion is the central factor that differentiates his modern orientalism from whatever representations of the east were deployed during the middle ages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading orientalism and religion. Modern orientalism is indeed a set of structures inherited from the past, but these structures have been secularized, rationalized, and given a scientific terminology.
Ronald indens imagining india, and closed with richard kings orientalism and religion. He shows how religion needs to be redescribed along the lines of cultural studies. Orientalism in the victorian era has origins in three aspects of 18thcentury european and british culture. This paper examines the role played by orientalist scholars in the construction of western notions. Orientalists, he claims, have plotted their narratives about the history, character, and destiny of the orient for centuries but in the nineteenth and twentieth. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies.
Postcolonial theory, india and the mystic east, richard king, routledge, 2002, 0203006089, 9780203006085, 296 pages. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book orientalism and the postcolonial predicament. This includes such traditional points of departure as history, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, and sociology, but also the natural sciences, and such other approaches as feminist. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Orientalism and religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary postcolonial theory for the study of religion. He is the author of three previous books including orientalism and religion 1999 and currently lives and writes in paris.
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