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082			_a306.6095 _bVEE
100			_aVeer, Peter Van Der
245			_aModern spirit of Asia: the spiritual and the secular in China and India
260			_bOrient Blackswan, _c2014 _aPrinceton;
300			_axi, 282 p.; _c24 cm.
365			_b1445.00 _cINR _d00
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aChina-religious life and custom
650			_aChina
650			_aIndia-religious life and custom
650			_aIndia
650			_anationalism
650			_areligion and sociology
650			_aBhartiya Janata Party
650			_aBrahmanism
650			_aChinese Communism
650			_aWorld Buddhism
650			_aBabri Masjid
650			_aDaoism
650			_aConfucianism
650			_aImperial moderity
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