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Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History, Some postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as Hinduism is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as anci, Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History
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  • Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History
  • Written by author Nicholson, Andrew J
  • Published by Columbia University Press, 10/14/2010
  • Some postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as "Hinduism" is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as anci
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1 Introduction 1

Contesting the Unity of Hinduism 1

Vijnanabhiksu and His Late Medieval Milieu 6

Doxography and Method 9

Premodern Philosophy in a Postcolonial World 14

2 An Alternative History of Vedanta 24

Vedanta and Orientalist Historiography 24

Early Bhedabheda Vedanta 26

Bhedabheda Vedanta After Sankara 30

The Future of Bhedabheda Vedanta 37

3 Vijnanabhiksu's "Difference and Non-Difference" Vedanta 39

The Meaning of "Bhedabheda" 39

Self and Brahman as Part and Whole 50

Brahman's Causality in Advaita and Bhedabheda Vedanta 56

Bhedabheda and the Unity of Philosophies 65

4 A History of God in Samkhya and Yoga 67

Samkhya: An Atheist Philosophy? 67

Theism in Early Samkhya and the Puranas 69

Atheism and Theism in "Classical" Samkhya 76

Samkhya and Yoga 79

5 Reading Against the Grain of the Samkhyasutras 84

Atheism in the Samkhyasutras 84

Kapila's "Bold Assertion" as speech Act 90

Degrees of Deception in Samkhya and the Puranas 96

Disproving God in the Samkhyasutras 100

6 Yoga, Praxis, and Liberation 108

The Excellence of the Yogic Path 108

Karma and Embodied Liberation 114

The Unity of Yoga and Vedanta Soteriologies 118

7 Vedanta and Samkhya in the Orientalist imagination 124

Indian Philosophy and the Critique of Orientalism 124

Colebrooke and Gough: The Struggle for the Essence of Vedanta 128

Paul Deussen and the Influence of German Idealism 133

Richard Garbe: Samkhya as the Foundation of Indian Philosophy 138

Orientalism and Modern Hindu Thought 142

8 Doxography, Classificatory Schemes, and Contested Histories 144

Doxography as a Genre 144

Early Models for Doxography in India: Cattanar and Bhaviveka 148

Haribhadra, Jainism, and the Six Systems 154

Madhava and the Influence of Advaita Doxography 158

Madhusudana Sarasvati: Foreignness and the Philosophical Other 163

9 Affirmers (Astikas) and Deniers (Nastikas) in Indian History 166

Toward a Comparative Heresiology 166

The Meaning of Astika and Nastika 168

Perspectives from the Jainas, Buddhists, and Grammarians 172

Beyond Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy 176

Astika and Nastika in the Late Medieval Period 179

10 Hindu Unity and the Non-Hindu Other 185

Inclusivism and Hindu Toleration 185

Decoding Late Medieval Doxography 190

The Absence of Islam 192

Hinduism: A Modern Invention? 196

Communalism, Universalism, and Hindu Identity 201

Notes 207

Bibliography 239

Index 251


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