Orientalism and Religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. Richard King examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, Hinduism and Buddhism are taken for granted. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies. Drawing on a variety of post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers, such as Foucault, Gadamer, Said, and Spivak, King provides us with a challenging series of reflections on the nature of Religious Studies and Indology.
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Introduction Chapter 1 The power of definition Chapter 2 Disciplining religion Chapter 3 Sacred texts, hermenetics and world religions Chapter 4 Orientalism and Indian religions Chapter 5 The modern myth of ‘Hinduism’ Chapter 6 ‘Mystic Hinduism’ Chapter 7 Orientalism and the discovery of ‘Buddhism’ Chapter 8 The politics of privatization Chapter 9 Beyond Orientalism? Notes Bibliography Index
