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Disenchanting India : organized rationalism and criticism of religion in India / Johannes Quack.

By: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.Description: xvii, 362 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199812608 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780199812622 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 211.40954 QUA 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2765.I4 Q33 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents Introduction Part. I. Object of Inquiry: Indian Rationalists, Modes of Unbelief, and Disenchantment 1. Indian Rationalists 2.Modes of (Non-)Religiosity and Unbelief 3. Rationalization and Disenchantment 4. Methodological Remarks and Research Setting Part. II. History: Roots of Organized Rationalism in India 5. “Narrative” of the Indian Roots of Rationalism 6. Evolution of Rationalism in Colonial India 7.Influence of the English Rationalist Movement 8 Organized Rationalism in 20th-Century India 9 Recent History of Organized Rationalism in Maharashtra Part. III. Ethnography: Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANiS) 10 ANiS in Action: The Science-Van 11 Organizational Structure and Setup of ANiS 12 Profile and Agenda of ANiS 13 Individual Interpretations and Applications of Rationalism 14 Rationalism as a Way of Life 15 ANiS in Context 16 Impact of ANiS Part. IV. Theory: The Mode of Unbelief of ANiS Index
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Includes bibliographical references.

Contents
Introduction
Part. I. Object of Inquiry: Indian Rationalists, Modes of Unbelief, and Disenchantment
1. Indian Rationalists
2.Modes of (Non-)Religiosity and Unbelief
3. Rationalization and Disenchantment
4. Methodological Remarks and Research Setting
Part. II. History: Roots of Organized Rationalism in India
5. “Narrative” of the Indian Roots of Rationalism
6. Evolution of Rationalism in Colonial India
7.Influence of the English Rationalist Movement
8 Organized Rationalism in 20th-Century India
9 Recent History of Organized Rationalism in Maharashtra
Part. III. Ethnography: Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANiS)
10 ANiS in Action: The Science-Van
11 Organizational Structure and Setup of ANiS
12 Profile and Agenda of ANiS
13 Individual Interpretations and Applications of Rationalism
14 Rationalism as a Way of Life
15 ANiS in Context
16 Impact of ANiS
Part. IV. Theory: The Mode of Unbelief of ANiS
Index