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Religion, Science, and Empire : classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India

By: Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013Description: xx,421pISBN:
  • 9780195393019
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.60954 GOT
Contents:
Contents Acknowledgements xi List of Illustrations xv Term Glossary xvii Place Glossary xix Introduction 3 1.Religion, Science, and Scientism 20 2.Cartography, the Ideal of Science, and the Place of Religion 54 First Theoretical Interlude: The Dynamics of Comparison and Classification 88 3. Christocentric Travel Writing: Dynamics of Comparison and Classification 96 Second Theoretical Interlude: Five Modes of Comparison 132 4. Humanist Travel Writing: Ascent of Empiricism and the On the Spot 136 Third Theoretical Interlude: Classification in the Natural Sciences 174 5. Categories to Count On: Religion and Caste in the Census 182 6. A Raja, a Ghost, and a Tribe: Studies in Folklore, Ethnology, and Religion 225 7. Popularizing Chainpur's Past: Archaeology in Place and in Museums 266 8. Chainpur Today 295 CONCLUSION 331 APPENDICES 339 NOTES 346 BIBLIOGRAPHY 377 Index 401
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
List of Illustrations xv
Term Glossary xvii
Place Glossary xix
Introduction 3
1.Religion, Science, and Scientism 20
2.Cartography, the Ideal of Science, and the Place of Religion 54
First Theoretical Interlude: The Dynamics of Comparison and Classification 88
3. Christocentric Travel Writing: Dynamics of Comparison and Classification 96
Second Theoretical Interlude: Five Modes of Comparison 132
4. Humanist Travel Writing: Ascent of Empiricism and the On the Spot 136
Third Theoretical Interlude: Classification in the Natural Sciences 174
5. Categories to Count On: Religion and Caste in the Census 182
6. A Raja, a Ghost, and a Tribe: Studies in Folklore, Ethnology, and Religion 225
7. Popularizing Chainpur's Past: Archaeology in Place and in Museums 266
8. Chainpur Today 295
CONCLUSION 331
APPENDICES 339
NOTES 346
BIBLIOGRAPHY 377
Index 401

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