Against Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics

Автор: Wendy Doniger
Название: Hindu Myths
ISBN: 0140449906 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140449907
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Presents seventy-five seminal myths which feature the many incarnations of Vishnu, who saves mankind from destruction, and the mischievous child Krishna, alongside stories of the minor gods, demons, rivers and animals including boars, buffalo, serpents and monkeys.

Автор: Doniger Wendy
Название: The Hindus: An Alternative History
ISBN: 014311669X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143116691
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: "Don't miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher." -The Washington Post

An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, The Hindus offers a new way of understanding one of the world's oldest major religions. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account. Many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated within a century; its central tenets arise at particular moments in Indian history and often differ according to gender or caste; and the differences between groups of Hindus far outnumber the commonalities. Yet the greatness of Hinduism lies precisely in many of these idiosyncratic qualities that continues to inspire debate today. This groundbreaking work elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds, the inner life and the social history of Hindus.