Sep 30, 2010 an engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the worlds oldest major religions, the hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. Oct 26, 2015 with immense skill wendy doniger illuminates those moments within the hindu tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. Her courses in mythology address themes in crosscultural expanses, such as death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women. Wendy doniger was born in new york in and trained as a dancer under shiva. With immense skill wendy doniger illuminates those moments within the hindu tradition that resist forces that would standardize or establish a canon. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box.
After severe backlash in india and a court case that ended last. Feb 15, 2014 arundhati roy on bbc newsday dated 14. As doniger points out in her statement, readers in and outside india are still free to download the hindus on kindle. Feb says this move by penguin marks a dismaying shift in submitting to the growing atmosphere of intolerance. Right or wrong, wendy donigers the hindus should be.
Wendy doniger and the hindus by murali balaji the new. Wendy donigers research and teaching interests revolve around two basic areas, hinduism and mythology. This is not a pipe rene magritte this is not wendy donigers the hindus. Mar 26, 2020 wendy doniger was born in new york in and trained as a dancer under shiva. The glorious drops that i have drunk set me free in wide space 8. The earliest of the four hindu religious scriptures known as the vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any indoeuropean language, the rig. 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. Mar, 2014 there has been much handwringing in india about wendy donigers book, the hindus.
Hinduism, in her view, is an intricate weave of the diverse localities and communities of indian culture. Dont miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher. Dec 23, 2019 wendy doniger oflaherty born november 20, is an american indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. The book was initially published by viking penguin in 2009 and later in india by penguins indian subsidiary, penguin india. Wendy donigerss anti hindu hate thesis its ganesas trunk is the displaced phallus, a caricature of sivas linga. May 07, 20 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. I had written this for facebook, reproducing it here. This is a republication of a 2010 essay is authored by shyam n.
Wendy doniger has 73 books on goodreads with 35307 ratings. Feb 03, 2014 doniger concludes with four concise autobiographical essays in which she reflects on her lifetime of scholarship, hindu criticism of her work, and the influence of hinduism on her own philosophy of life. 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. Pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger. Ive just finished wendy donigers in famous the hindus. What exactly is wendy donigers agenda about the hindu. Liberals came out protesting the penguin and also sees it as threat to free speech. Wendy doniger has impressive credentials with two doctorates, in sanskrit and indian studies, from harvard and oxford universities. 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. In this magisterial volume of essays, wendy doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century 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. Wendy doniger, the 74yearold american author and research scholar in sanskrit is moreover known for the high regard she has had for indian tradition. It poses no threat because it is too large, flaccid, and in the wrong place to be useful for sexual purposes. Dec 04, 2017 121 rare hinduism books ancient books that are not present today. Oct 30, 2015 wendy doniger, the 74yearold american author and research scholar in sanskrit is moreover known for the high regard she has had for indian tradition.
Fight back and reclaim wendy donigers valuable book taken away from you by a spineless publisher and the fundamentalists they made a deal with. Wendy doniger social thought the university of chicago. 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. Fight back and reclaim wendy doniger s valuable book taken away from you by a spineless publisher and the fundamentalists they made a deal with. An alternative history was withdrawn from circulation by penguin india this week after a legal battle with a. Buy wendy doniger ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device.
Fight back and take back wendy donigers valuable book taken away from you by a spineless publisher and the fundamentalists they made a. Wendy doniger is the mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicago and the author of over 30 books, most recently the hindus. Wendy doniger oflaherty born november 20, is an american indologist whose professional career has spanned five decades. 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. Wendy donigers the hindus recalled by penguin india time. An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the worlds oldest major religions, the hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. An alternative history after three, maybe four months. T his publication, on hinduism, has also attracted unjustified criticism from hindutvavadis.
The hindus an alternative history by wendy doniger penguin books november 2010 isbn10. In this magisterial volume of essays, wendy doniger enhances our understanding of the ancient and complex religion to which she has devoted herself for half a century 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. Rare ancient hinduism books to download all pdf vedic press. Pdf the hindus an alternative history wendy doniger ripu. But the buying a book online feels like something of a hollow victory if hard. Dec 01, 2016 wendy donigerss anti hindu hate thesis its ganesas trunk is the displaced phallus, a caricature of sivas linga. Wendy donigers enthralling and encyclopaedic book reveals her vision of a hindu culture that is plural, varied, generous, and inclusive.
A scholar of sanskrit and indian textual traditions, her major works include, asceticism and eroticism in the mythology of siva. On hinduism is the culmination of over forty years of scholarship from a renowned expert on one of the worlds great faiths. Author bio 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. You think the free world out there is so damn stupid that it cant. Many of its central texts cannot be reliably dated within a century. Finally, i am glad that, in the age of the internet, it is no longer. The real reason wendy donigers book on hindus was banned in. There has been much handwringing in india about wendy donigers book, the hindus. Working with available light time and space in india. Wendy doniger was born in new york city to immigrant nonobservant jewish parents, and raised in great neck, new york, where her father, lester l.
Doniger, who teaches at the university of chicago and has written nearly half a dozen books on hinduism, including a translation of the kama sutra, was writing about how her 2009 book the hindus. Doniger, a scholar of religion and professor at the university of chicago, wrote the hindus. Wendy doniger dropped a bombshell on indian intellectual circles with her 2009 book the hindus an alternative history. A critique of wendy doniger the hindus an alternative. Doniger concludes with four concise autobiographical essays in which she reflects on her lifetime of scholarship, hindu criticism of her work, and the influence of hinduism on her own philosophy of life. In the light of foregoing, it is incumbent upon contemporary hindus and hindu scholars to regain the initiative and using indigenous historiography and cognitive categories and to institute a framework to generate in multiple volumes a genuine and authentic history of the hindus from an insiders perspective. This groundbreaking work elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds, the inner life and the social history of hindus. Yet the greatness of hinduismits vitality, its earthiness, its vividnesslies precisely in many of those idiosyncratic qualities that.
Access to society journal content varies across our titles. 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. This is not wendy donigers the hindus an alternative history. Ive labored all my adult life in the paddy fields of sanskrit, doniger has written 16 books, translated primarily from sanskrit to english with commentary nine other volumes, has contributed to many edited texts and has written hundreds of articles in journals, magazines and newspapers. The author, wendy doniger, has two doctorates, one in sanskrit and one in indian studies, so she is exceedingly well qualified to write meaningfully on this topic. From one of the worlds foremost scholars on hinduism, a vivid reinterpretation of its history an engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and my. Wendy donigers book on hinduism the right wing muslims made such a fuss about salman rushdie, most of them did not even read the book satanic verses, or even know that it was in english. Feb says this move by penguin marks a dismaying shift in submitting to the growing atmosphere of. Wendy doniger s book on hinduism the right wing muslims made such a fuss about salman rushdie, most of them did not even read the book satanic verses, or even know that it was in english.
The hindus an alternative history is an utterly wonderful book. Nov 30, 2010 wendy doniger s enthralling and encyclopaedic book reveals her vision of a hindu culture that is plural, varied, generous, and inclusive. 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. She frames the debate over her book, as well as other topics when it comes to hinduism, as one between hindu rightwing activists and scholars. While in high school, she studied dance under george balanchine and martha graham.
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