The hindus an alternative history is an utterly wonderful book. This work deals at length with various theories about relgion prevalent at the time when megasthenes visited india very interesting and scholarly views have been put forth regarding investigations of. Recorded in sacred sanskrit texts, including the rig veda and the mahabharata, hindu myths are thought to date back as far as the tenth century bce. An alternative history description dont miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher. The scholarship of wendy doniger, which focuses on interpretation of hindu texts through psychoanalysis, has been criticised and regarded as unreliable. Click download or read now button to sign up and download read hindu mythology pdf books.
The freudian and marxist agendas tell us to look for the subtext, the hidden transcript, the censored text. You can see the logic of her doing it if you have ever studied. The origins of evil in hindu mythology wendy doniger download bok. But the buying a book online feels like something of a hollow victory if hard. Wendy doniger and the hindus by murali balaji the new. Pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger. Wendy doniger, the 74yearold american author and research scholar in sanskrit is moreover known for the high regard she has had for indian tradition. With immense skill wendy doniger illuminates those moments within the hindu tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. Wendy doniger is the mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicago and the author of over 30 books, most recently the hindus. Also by wendy doniger siva, the erotic ascetic the origins of evil in hindu mythology dreams, illusion, and other realities. Donigers second book on hinduism free download as pdf file. Wendy donigers book on hinduism the right wing muslims made such a fuss about salman rushdie, most of them did not even read the book satanic verses, or even know that it was in english. Wendy doniger oflaherty born november 20, is an american indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. Wendy doniger has 73 books on goodreads with 35307 ratings.
Right or wrong, wendy donigers the hindus should be. Wendy donigers compendious account of religious traditions that constitute an ism only in the broadest possible sense begins with an account of being eggpelted by one such hardliner who. Examines a rich array of hindu conceptspolytheism, death, gender, art, contemporary puritanism, nonviolence, and many more. Prasannarajan, india today anyone seriously concerned with hinduism in the contemporary world will be well advised to read, enjoy, engage and even argue with this book. She frames the debate over her book, as well as other topics when it comes to hinduism, as one between hindu rightwing activists and scholars. An alternative history after three, maybe four months.
Ive just finished wendy donigers in famous the hindus. Wendy donigers scholarship was critiqued at a roundtable panel in hawaii for two hours. The earliest of the four hindu religious scriptures known as the vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any indoeuropean language, the rig. I had written this for facebook, reproducing it here. Doniger, who cannot but be aware of the political historiography of hindu nationalists, the most powerful interpreters of indian religions in both india and abroad today, also wishes to provide an. Wendy donigers the hindus recalled by penguin india time. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data doniger, wendy. The washington post an engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, the hindus offers a new way of understanding one of the worlds oldest major religions. An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the worlds oldest major religions, the hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. Like some of her predecessors, she appreciates the sexual freedom involved, but then she also tends to stress two aspects. Wendy doniger, one of the worlds foremost scholars of hinduism, illuminates those moments within the tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. The traditional principle of spatial organization of the people of india is neither racial nor casteist but cultural and territorial.
The narrative sweep is epicwendy doniger, with exceptional brio, tells us how the story of hinduism continues to multiply. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Fight back and take back wendy donigers valuable book taken away from you by a spineless publisher and the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It suggests the hinduism she is chronicling is a shadow version of some other more mainstream narrative. She brings a multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how brilliant, creativeand often subversivethinkers have kept hinduism alive and dynamic through the ages. The rig veda by wendy doniger, 9780140449891, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. On hinduism writer wendy doniger page xvii after the attacks on. Wendy doniger was born in new york in and trained as a dancer under shiva. Instead it completely demonizes entire hinduism with few misunderstood references.
Fight back and reclaim wendy doniger s valuable book taken away from you by a spineless publisher and the fundamentalists they made a deal with. Censorship by the batra brigade nyr, may 8, wendy doniger touches on a number of issues when it comes to the academic study of religion and larger questions of representation. The hindus an alternative history by wendy doniger penguin books november 2010 isbn10. Blowing up the sexuality and inconsistencies present in any ancient religious text out of all proportions, doniger published the book as if to offer an alternative history against the established wisdom of the times. Wendy donigers the hindus is a classic example of leftliberal scholarship on hinduism. The origins of evil in hindu mythology download ebook. It is shoddy, it peddles the lies of its predecessors and tries to convert a lie into a fact by repeating it over multiple times. Wendy doniger dropped a bombshell on indian intellectual circles with her 2009 book the hindus an alternative history. Pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger ripu. This is not a pipe rene magritte this is not wendy donigers the.
A scholar of sanskrit and indian textual traditions, her major works include, asceticism and eroticism in the mythology of siva. This is not wendy donigers the hindus an alternative history. Includes more than 60 essays and lectures spanning the decadeslong career of one of hinduisms most prominent scholars. The 1991 penguin classics translation of the laws of manu, by wendy doniger thus on the cover. The real reason wendy donigers book on hindus was banned. Quoting from lgbt themes in hindu mythology about wendy.
An alternative history fight back and reclaim wendy donigers valuable book taken away from you by a spineless publisher and the fundamentalists they made a deal with. An alternative history kindle edition by doniger, wendy. Doniger knows her sanskrit and her vedas, but she looks hindu rituals and traditions from the point of view of women and minorities. Hindu and greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, who double themselves, who are.
A sourcebook translated from the sanskrit by wendy doniger. After youve bought this ebook, you can choose to download either the pdf version or the epub, or both. As doniger points out in her statement, readers in and outside india are still free to download the hindus on kindle. The origins of evil in hindu mythology wendy doniger. Through this magisterial volume which she calls the book of my books wendy doniger, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest and most original scholars of. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the hindus. Donigers book provided me a great historical overview of hinduism. If this is what hinduism teaches than how over 1 billion hindus are non violent, scholarly, intelligent and caring compassionate people. A careful definition is sharper f or donigers t urn o f phrase. The author, wendy doniger, has two doctorates, one in sanskrit and one in indian studies, so she is exceedingly well qualified to write meaningfully on this topic.
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