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India is frequently represented as the quintessential land of religion. Johannes Quack challenges this representation through an examination of the contemporary Indian rationalist organizations: groups who affirm the values and attitudes of atheism, humanism, or free-thinking. Quack shows the rationalists' emphasis on maintaining links to atheism and materialism in ancient India and outlines their strong ties to the intellectual currents of modern European history. At the heart of Disenchanting India is an ethnographic study of the organization "Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti" (Organization for the Eradication of Superstition), based in the Indian State of Maharashtra. Quack gives a nuanced account of the Organization's specific

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Plný název: Disenchanting India
• Podnázev: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India
• Autor: Johannes Quack
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 380
• EAN: 9780199812608
• ISBN: 0199812608
• ID: 04536148
• Nakladatelství: Oxford University Press Inc
• Hmotnost: 714 g
• Rozměry: 238 × 165 × 27 mm
• Datum vydání: 15. December 2011

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