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Divine Enterprise

Name: Divine Enterprise
Brand: University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226560090
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Gurus and the Hindu Nationalist Movement

Szerző: Lise McKean

Nyelv:

Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: University of Chicago Press

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Through shrewd marketing and publicity, Hindu spiritual leaders can play powerful roles in contempor...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Lise McKean

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

1996

oldal

376

EAN

9780226560090

Enbook ID

04547737

Kiadó

University of Chicago Press

Súly

750

Méretek

150 x 200 x 41

Teljes leírás

Through shrewd marketing and publicity, Hindu spiritual leaders can play powerful roles in contemporary India as businessmen and government officials. Focusing on the organizations and activities of Hindu ascetics and gurus, the author explores the complex interrelations among religion, the political economy of India and global capitalism. McKean traces the ideological and organizational antecedents to the Hindu nationalist movement. The Indian state's increasing patronage of Hindu institutions makes competition increases its support. Using materials from guru's publications, the press and extensive field research, McKean examines how participation by upper-caste ruling class groups in the Divine Life Society and other Hindu organizations further legitimates their own authority. With a selection of photographs and advertisements showing icons of spirituality used to sell commodities from textiles to cement to comic books, the work illustrates the pervasive presence of Hindu imagery in India's burgeoning market economy. It shows how gurus popularize Hindu nationalism through imagery such as the goddess, Mother India, and her martyred sons and daughters.