An authoritative exploration of South Asian ways of thinking about difference, diversity, and 'the other' that encourages a significant change to how we understand pluralism.
How have South Asian traditions responded to plurality and difference? The question lies at the centre of this collection, inviting us to challenge established conceptions of pluralism and understand South Asian ways of thinking about difference, diversity, and 'the other'.
This diverse collection is the first in-depth treatment of the variety of ways that South Asian traditions theorise plurality. Bringing together case studies across South Asia's distinctive religious landscape, it marks a significant contribution to re-thinking pluralism in the 21st century.
Recenzijos
Attempts to mine the past of India or China for philosophical purpose are often met with accusations of anachronism. Through detailed and sophisticated case studies, the authors of Provincialising Pluralism have demonstrated how the past can and does speak to the present. This is a master work of historical interpretation answering some urgent issues relating to pluralism in a globalised world. -- Patrick Olivelle * Professor Emeritus, The University of Texas at Austin, USA * This is a landmark volume in South Asian studies and intellectual history, distinguished by its capacious canvas and the scholarly depth of the essays. The contributors pluralize pluralism itself, making a distinctive contribution to the rich debates on pluralism and syncretism that have characterised South Asia's long intellectual and religious history. -- Vinay Lal * Professor, University of California at Los Angeles, USA * This stimulating collection of essays understands pluralism less as a modern social and political ethic and more as an epistemic framework for understanding plurality. It makes a convincing case that a long, varied tradition of South Asian understandings of diversities exist that has the potential to enrich how humans view each others distinctiveness and try to respond to it. -- Rajeev Bhargava * Honorary Fellow and Director, Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India * The essays included in this thoughtful volume analyse a variety of pluralisms across Indian philosophical discourses and time periods. It is a challenging collection which makes a timely intervention in our current debates about the past and the potential for pluralism in the future. -- Romila Thapar * Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India *
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An authoritative exploration of South Asian ways of thinking about difference, diversity, and the other that encourages a significant change to how we understand pluralism.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Brian Black and James Madaio.
Part 1: Pluralisms in Ancient South Asia
Chapter 1: Claire Maes: I heard it through the grapevine. Gossip and
Rumour in the Pali Canon as Strategies to Deal with Religious Others
Chapter 2: Sonam Kachru: 'Asokas Principled Pluralism'
Chapter 3: Mark McClish: Pluralism and Religious Policy in the
Arthasastra'
Chapter 4: Brian Black: The Mahabharatas Dharmic Pluralism
Chapter 5: Vrinda Dalmiya: In Defence of Double-Think: Stances,
Standpoints, and Justice in the Mahabharata and Feminist Epistemology
Chapter 6: Jessica Frazier: Collaboration, Inference, and Virtue in the
Caraka Samhita
Chapter 7: Anil Mundra: Pluralistic Selves: Jain Engagements with Doctrinal
Difference and Identity'
Chapter 8: Patrick Lambelet: Weaving Many into One: Plurality and Unity in
the Buddhist Mantrayana
Part 2: Pluralisms in Pre-Modern South Asia
Chapter 9: Nancy M. Martin: Forging Self and Sampraday: Inclusion,
Equality, and Religious Diversity in Pre-Modern Bhakti
Chapter 10: Pashaura Singh: 'Religious Pluralism and the Bhagat Bani in the
Guru Granth Sahib'
Chapter 11: Jaroslav Strnad: Plurality of Spiritual Paths in the Dadupanthi
Community of 17th Century Rajasthan
Chapter 12: Rembert Lutjeharms: Encounters with the Inconceivable:
Experience and Inclusivism in Early Gaudiya Vaisnava Theology
Chapter 13: Rosie Edgley and Jacqueline Suthren Hirst: Addressing Plurality
in Madhusudana Sarasvatis Bhagavadgita commentary
Chapter 14: Supriya Gandhi: 'Reconciling Difference Through Tatbiq:
Pluralism and Comparative Religion at the Mughal Court
Part 3: Pluralisms in Modern South Asia
Chapter 15: Scott R. Stroud: Ambedkar, Pragmatic Buddhism, and Democratic
Pluralism
Chapter 16: Elise Coquereau-Saouma: Witnessing and Realising Plurality in
20th Century Indian Philosophy
Chapter 17: Arindam Chakrabarti: Seesaw Worlds, Interrogative Reality, and
Alternative Theories of Error: From Kalidas Bhattacharya back to
Abhinavagupta
Chapter 18: James Madaio: Plurality and the Other in Ramchandra Gandhis
Hermeneutics of Being
Chapter 19: Humeira Iqtidar: Is Tolerance Liberal? Javed Ahmed Ghamidi and
the Non-Muslim Minority'
Chapter 20: Brian Black and James Madaio: Concluding Reflections: Thinking
Pluralistically about Pluralism
Brian Black is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University. He is author of The Character of the Self in Ancient India: Priests, Kings, and Women in the Early Upanisads (2007) and In Dialogue with the Mahabharata (2021)
James Madaio is Head of the Department of South Asia at the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
