Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires

By (author) Pinch, William R.

Many people assume, largely because of Gandhi's legacy, that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. In this 2006 book William R. Pinch shows just how wrong this assumption is. Using the life of Anupgiri Gosain, a Hindu ascetic who lived at the end of the eighteenth century, he demonstrates that Hindu warrior ascetics were an important component of the South Asian military labor market in the medieval and early modern Indian past, and crucial to the rise of British imperialism. Today, they occupy a prominent place in modern Indian imaginations, ironically as romantic defenders of a Hindu India against foreign invasion, even though they are almost totally absent from Indian history. William R. Pinch's innovative and gloriously composed book sets out to piece together the story of the rise and demise of warrior asceticism in India from the 1500s to the present. It will appeal to students of religion and historians of empire.

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[目次]

  • 1. Mughal Yogis
  • 2. WarLords
  • 3. Company Gosains
  • 4. Begams and Ranis in Rasdhan
  • 5. Sakti Bhakti
  • 6. Indian Sadhus
  • Kailash's counterfactual and other conclusions
  • Bibliography.

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書名 Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires
著作者等 Pinch, William R.
シリーズ名 Cambridge Studies in Indian History & Society 12
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2012.08.16
ページ数 294p
大きさ H229 x W152
ISBN 9781107406377
言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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