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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9788125054245 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
306.6095 |
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VEE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Veer, Peter Van Der |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Modern spirit of Asia: the spiritual and the secular in China and India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Orient Blackswan, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2014 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Princeton; |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xi, 282 p.; |
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24 cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
1445.00 |
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INR |
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectuals, yet how modernity in China and India is by no means uniform. While religion is a centerpiece of Indian nationalism, it is viewed in China as an obstacle to progress that must be marginalized and controlled. |
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China-religious life and custom |
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China |
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India-religious life and custom |
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India |
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nationalism |
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religion and sociology |
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Bhartiya Janata Party |
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Brahmanism |
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Chinese Communism |
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World Buddhism |
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Babri Masjid |
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Daoism |
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Confucianism |
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Imperial moderity |
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Books |