Non-Renunciation: Themes and Interpretations of Hindu Culture

by T. N. Madan

Overview

This critical study offers a fresh appraisal of Hindu tradition as a rich and sensible philosophy of life, one based on plenitude, domesticity, transcendence, and control. Distinguished scholar T.N. Madan analyzes the ideas of Hinduism that dominate the literature of India, such as "renunciation," "purity," and "auspiciousness," and explains how modernity has changed conceptions of the good life, causing Hindus to search anew for their sense of self and social orientation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195638097
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/15/1996
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Delhi University

Editorial Reviews

"One of the most important books on Indian religion of the past decade...."—History of Religions

"A remarkably coherent, articulate, and engaging book."—Religious Studies Review

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