{"product_id":"religion-in-indian-history","title":"Religion In Indian History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Irfan Habib\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Irfan Habib\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Tulika\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 291\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 81-89487-25-6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligion has been, and is, an important element in Indian society and history. It is, however, rare for the subject to be discussed with the necessary degree of detachment. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume was, therefore, planned with the object of providing a collection of studies that would deal with the role of religion in Indian history on the basis of a rigorous application of academic criteria. The results may surprise those who are more familiar with chauvinistic or apologetic interpretations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editor’s introduction and the fifteen chapters range over an extensive period, from pre-history to the present day, and take up specific problems of crucial significance in exploring the inter-relationship between religion and social change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume draws on new research and is meant for academics as well as general readers, who may find here much that is of relevance to their social and intellectual concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  \u003cbr\u003e   IRFAN HABIB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Search of the Roots of Religion or Dharma:\u003cbr\u003eLinguistic and Social Routes\u003cbr\u003e    D.P. CHATTOPADHYAYA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligions in Complex societies:\u003cbr\u003eThe Myth of the ‘Dark Age’\u003cbr\u003e   K.M. SHRIMALI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial Dimensions of the Cult of Rama\u003cbr\u003e    SUVIRA JAISWAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEros and History: Sahjiya secrets and the \u003cbr\u003eTantric Culture of Love\u003cbr\u003e   NUPUR CHAUDHURI \/ RAJAT KANTA RAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligion and material Life in Ancient India:\u003cbr\u003eD.D. Kosambi and Niharranjan Ray\u003cbr\u003e   BARUN DE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Islamic Background to Indian History:\u003cbr\u003eAn Interpretation of the Islamic Past\u003cbr\u003e   M. ATHAR ALI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKabir: The Historical Setting\u003cbr\u003e  IRFAN HABIB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkbar and the Theologians’ Declaration\u003cbr\u003e(Mahzar) of 1579\u003cbr\u003e   OSAMU KONDO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Road to Sulh-I Kul: Akbar’s Alienation from\u003cbr\u003eTheological Islam\u003cbr\u003e   SHIREEN MOOSVI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Philosophy of Mulla Sadra and its \u003cbr\u003eInfluence in India\u003cbr\u003e   SYED ALI NADEEM REZAVI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWomen in the Sikh discourse:\u003cbr\u003eLiberation or Ambivalence?\u003cbr\u003e   KAMLESH MOHAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConstructing the Hindu Identity\u003cbr\u003e    DWIJENDRA NARAYAN JHA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Religious and Social Reform to Economic\u003cbr\u003eNationalism: The Nineteenth-Century Reformers\u003cbr\u003eOf Andhra\u003cbr\u003e   V. RAMAKRISHNA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReason and Faith: A Defence of Foucault’s Critique\u003cbr\u003eOf Post-Enlightenment Modernity\u003cbr\u003e   FARHAT HASAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContemporary communalism:\u003cbr\u003eTextuality and mass Culture\u003cbr\u003e   NIRMALANGSHU MUKHERJI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Irfan Habib \/ Tulika \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153546244464,"sku":"23164","price":40.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/23164.jpg?v=1793910986","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/religion-in-indian-history","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}