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Author:

Scott, J. Barton, author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015146252

Title:

Spiritual despots : modern Hinduism and the genealogies of self-rule / J. Barton Scott.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xi, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hinduism--India--History--19th century.
Hindu renewal--History--19th century.
Anti-clericalism--India--History--19th century.
Anti-clericalism--England--History--19th century.
Anti-clericalism--Comparative studies.
Asceticism--Hinduism.
Autonomy--Hinduism.--Hinduism.
Autonomy--Theosophy.--Theosophy.
Autonomy--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.

Contents:

Introduction: against the priest -- A singular species of despotism -- A popular history of priestcraft in all ages and nations -- Reform affinities -- Guru is God -- Pope-lila -- Astral ethics -- Conclusion: the circulation of self-rule.

Series:

South Asia across the disciplines

ISBN:

022636867X
9780226368672

OCLC:

(OCoLC)920017555

LCCN:

2015042769

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)