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出版商:
Palgrave MacMillan
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出版日期:
2025-10-02
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售價:
$2,040
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貴賓價:
9.5 折
$1,938
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語言:
英文
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頁數:
14
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裝訂:
Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
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ISBN:
3032045304
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ISBN-13:
9783032045300
商品描述
Swami Vivekananda remains one of the most influential and contested figures in modern Indian history. Revered by some as a liberal reformer who challenged the caste system, and by others as a progenitor of Hindu nationalism, Vivekananda's legacy straddles deep contradictions. Vivekananda on Culture and Inequality offers a critical examination of these tensions by focusing on his cultural philosophy and its implications for social hierarchy and national identity. This book explores how Vivekananda's vision of culture--rooted in spiritual and philosophical ideals--both challenged and upheld systems of inequality. While he spoke of dignity for all and national unity, his cultural ideal placed Brahmanical Hinduism at the apex of a spiritual hierarchy, ultimately justifying social divisions rather than dismantling them. Through a close reading of his writings and speeches, the book argues that Vivekananda's cultural nationalism subtly transformed inequality into a moral and spiritual necessity. By situating Vivekananda's thought within contemporary debates on nationalism, social justice, and religious identity, this study sheds light on the enduring appeal of his ideas among large segments of the Hindu public. It also raises pressing questions about how culture is used to legitimize inequality in today's world--making this book essential reading for scholars and students of religion, political theory, South Asian studies, and cultural history.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
斯瓦米·維韋卡南達（Swami Vivekananda）是現代印度歷史上最具影響力且具爭議性的人物之一。對某些人來說，他是一位挑戰種姓制度的自由改革者；而對另一些人來說，他則是印度民族主義的先驅，維韋卡南達的遺產充滿了深刻的矛盾。《維韋卡南達的文化與不平等》（Vivekananda on Culture and Inequality）通過聚焦於他的文化哲學及其對社會階層和國家身份的影響，對這些緊張關係進行了批判性的檢視。本書探討了維韋卡南達的文化觀念——根植於精神和哲學理想——如何同時挑戰和維護不平等的體系。儘管他提到所有人的尊嚴和國家團結，但他的文化理想卻將婆羅門教的印度教置於精神階層的頂端，最終為社會分裂辯護，而非拆解它們。通過對他著作和演講的細緻閱讀，本書主張維韋卡南達的文化民族主義微妙地將不平等轉化為一種道德和精神的必要性。將維韋卡南達的思想置於當代民族主義、社會正義和宗教身份的辯論中，本研究揭示了他的思想在印度教公眾中持久吸引力的原因。它還提出了當今世界中文化如何被用來合法化不平等的緊迫問題，使本書成為宗教、政治理論、南亞研究和文化歷史學者及學生的重要讀物。
作者簡介
Amod N. Damle is a clinical associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boise State University. As an artist, designer, writer, and researcher, Damle's work converges on exploring the association between culture and inequality. His research centers on the idea that although culture preserves both egalitarianism and inegalitarianism, forces of inequality tend to overpower those that foster equality. Damle examines how the fluid and asymmetric relationship between egalitarian and inegalitarian cultural influences shapes human collectives. Damle is the author of four books, including two novels--In the Middle and The Edible Goddess--and two research monographs--Culture of Inequality and The Politics of Soft Hindutva.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Amod N. Damle 是博伊西州立大學文理學院的臨床副教授。作為藝術家、設計師、作家和研究者，Damle 的工作集中於探索文化與不平等之間的關聯。他的研究圍繞著這個觀點：儘管文化同時保留了平等主義和不平等主義，但不平等的力量往往會壓倒促進平等的力量。Damle 研究平等主義和不平等主義文化影響之間流動且不對稱的關係如何塑造人類集體。Damle 是四本書的作者，包括兩部小說——In the Middle 和 The Edible Goddess——以及兩部研究專著——Culture of Inequality 和 The Politics of Soft Hindutva。
