And so i intend to go on celebrating the diversity and pluralism, not to mention the worldly wisdom and sensuality, of the hindus that i have loved for about fifty years now and still counting. Wendy doniger holds doctorates in sanskrit and indian studies from harvard and oxford. This is the first part of a scholarly critique of wendy donigers the hindus. She has taught at the school of oriental and african studies, university of london and the university of california, berkeley, and is currently the mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicago. The book was initially published by viking penguin in 2009 and later in india by penguins indian subsidiary, penguin india the book was criticized in india, and in february 2014 it was the subject of. Pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger ripu.
She frames the debate over her book, as well as other topics when it comes to hinduism, as. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in hinduism over 3,500 years, from the ancient time of the vedas to the. If you are drawn to read wendy doniger s the hindus as i was because you see in hinduism an example of a culturalspiritual tradition that has managed to keep alive right into modern times a view of a sacred universe sacred time, sacred geography, sacred cosmology, sacred social customs and social roles, sacred geometry and. Objectionable passages from wendy donigers second book on hinduism free download as pdf file.
Censorship by the batra brigade nyr, may 8, wendy doniger touches on a number of issues when it comes to the academic study of religion and larger questions of representation. But the buying a book online feels like something of a hollow victory if hard. Ive just finished wendy donigers in famous the hindus. An alternative history after three, maybe four months.
Objectionable passages from wendy donigers second book on. Pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger. About the hindus dont miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher. The hindus is the name of a real book, and has won the admiration and praise of real critics, writers, activists, and scholars. As doniger points out in her statement, readers in and outside india are still free to download the hindus on kindle. This is a republication of a 2010 essay is authored by shyam n.
There has been much handwringing in india about wendy donigers book, the hindus. The hindus was subsequently withdrawn from circulation by its indian publisher, penguin, creating a massive furore over suppression. She is the author of several translations of sanskrit texts, including penguin classics editions of hindu myths and the rig veda, as well as many books about hinduism. Many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated within a century. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the hindus. I didnt really notice the subtitle of wendy donigers massive study, the hindus. Sound good subsequent to knowing the the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger in this website. Ive just finished wendy donigers infamous the hindus. She brings a multiplicity of actors and stories to the stage to show how brilliant, creativeand often subversivethinkers have kept hinduism alive and dynamic through the ages. Wendy doniger and the hindus by murali balaji the new. Download file pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger dalrymple is a cofounder of the jaipur literary festival.
She has taught at university of london and university of california berkeley. If you are drawn to read wendy donigers the hindus as i was because you see in hinduism an example of a culturalspiritual tradition that has managed to keep alive right into modern times a view of a sacred universe sacred time, sacred geography, sacred cosmology, sacred social customs and social roles, sacred geometry and. I knew that she was an eminent sanskrit scholar at the university of chicago, author of many books about cultural, religious and folkloric beliefs, and a translator of several indian classics, including the rig veda and. P enguin books india has said this week that it will destroy all available copies of the 2009 book by the indologist wendy doniger, the hindus. An alternative history kindle edition by doniger, wendy.
With immense skill wendy doniger illuminates those moments within the hindu tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. Through this magisterial volume which she calls the book of my books wendy doniger, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest and most original scholars of hinduism, enlarges our understanding. Wendy donigers book is a tribute to hinduisms complexity. If my estimate is correct, and judging by the increasing number of attempts to download the books pdf s under the present circumstances, it would be an immediate best seller, and the smart people in editorial might still show the idiots in.
Wendy doniger, the 74yearold american author and research scholar in sanskrit is moreover known for the high regard she has had for indian tradition. I had written this for facebook, reproducing it here. Dina nath batra, penguin books, the hindus, wendy doniger by shuddhabrata sengupta. It contains more references than most students of hinduism, or even practicing hindus would be aware of though its author compares the task of looking at endnotes to dogs. Wendy doniger is the mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions in the divinity school at the university of chicago, where she is also a professor of south asian languages and civilizations. An alternative history is a book by american indologist, wendy doniger which the author describes as an alternative to the narrative of hindu history that they tell. The hindus an alternative history by wendy doniger penguin books november 2010 isbn10.
Download the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Holi, the spring carnival, when members of all castes mingle and let down their hair, sprinkling one another with cascades of red powder and liquid, symbolic of the blood that was probably used in past centuries. Blowing up the sexuality and inconsistencies present in any ancient religious text out of all proportions, doniger published the book as if to offer an alternative history against the established wisdom of the times. Wendy doniger holds two doctorates, in sanskrit and indian studies, from the universities of harvard and oxford.
This is one of the books that many people looking for. The rig veda by wendy doniger, 9780140449891, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. This book published by penguin was withdrawn by the publisher in an out of court settlement owing to a case filed in a delhi court by shiksha bachao andolan and a. The book was initially published by viking penguin in 2009 and later in india by penguins indian subsidiary, penguin india the book was criticized in india, and in february 2014 it was the subject of litigation in. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data doniger, wendy. Her translations for penguin classics include the rig veda, the laws of manu, and hindu myths. Wendy donigers the hindus recalled by penguin india time. Things without words, words without things page 9192 what was the relationship between the people who composed the vedas the ancient sanskrit. Scholars and intellectuals across the board are critical and worried about penguins. This series of interconnected essays and lectures surveys the most critically important and hotly contested issues in hinduism over 3,500 years, from the ancient time of the vedas to the present day. The washington post an engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, the hindus offers a new way of understanding one of the worlds oldest major religions. The real reason wendy donigers book on hindus was banned.
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