The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender

ISBN-13: 9781474269582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 368 str.

Veena Howard; Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad; Sor-Hoon Tan

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Gender and feminist theories may be a major part of Western academic discourse, but their engagement in the Indian philosophical context has remained glaringly absent. The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender presents a definitive overview of the field, exploring a variety of texts and traditions from Indian philosophy where the treatment of gender is dynamic and diverse.By addressing questions such as 'How do gender constructions transform religious experiences?' 'What is the role of bodily materiality in ethics and epistemology?' 'How does rethinking gender and sexuality force us to reconceptualize settled ontological frameworks?' this collection provides the first authoritative research resource to Indian philosophical gender issues, examining constructions in relation to contemporary debates on sex, gender, and sexuality. Organised around three central themes - the gender dynamics of enlightenment in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions; the simple binary opposition of genders in Indian traditions; the ways in which symbolic representations of gender differ from social realities in Hindu and Buddhist practice - a team of respected scholars discuss feminist readings, examinations of femininity and masculinity, as well as queer and trans identities, representations, and theories. Beginning with the Vedic tradition and ending with sections on Sri Ramakrishna and Gandhi, this wide-ranging handbook encourages fresh inquiry into classic philosophical questions. Offering critical analyses relevant to literary, cultural and religious studies, The Bloomsbury Research Handbook of Indian Philosophy and Gender opens up new ways of understanding gender and South Asian philosophy.

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Notes on Contributors Editor’s Note 1. Introduction: Gender Conceptions in Indian Thought: Identity, Hybridity, Fluidity, Androgyny, and Transcendence, Veena R. Howard Part I. Gender Essentialism 2. The Unbearability of the Male Gaze: A Phenomenological Exposition of Sa?khyan Philosophy of the Body Through Feminine Eyes, Ana Laura Funes Maderey 3. Women’s Liberation in Jainism: Understanding Philosophical Debates and Cultural Dialectics, Veena R. Howard 4. Woman as Maya: Gendered Narrative in the Bhagavata Purana, Gopal K. Gupta Part II. Gender Negotiation 5. The Gendering of Voice in Medieval Hindu Literature, Nancy M. Martin 6. Given, Taken, Performed: Gender in Tamil Theopoetics, Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad 7. Gender in the Tradition of Shri Ramakrishna, Jeffrey D. Long Part III. Androgyny, Gender Hybridity, and Fluidity 8. Divine Androgyny and the Play of Self-Recognition: Revisiting Some Issues in Gender Theory through an Un-Orthodox Interpretation of Ardhanarisvara, Geoff Ashton 9. Gender in Pali Buddhist Traditions, Carol S. Anderson 10. Narrative of Amba in the Mahabharata: Female Body, Gender, and the Namesake of the Divine Feminine, Veena R. Howard Part IV. Gender and the Feminine Divine 11. God the Mother and Her Sacred Text: A Hindu Vision of Divine Immanence, Rita D. Sherma 12. The Story of Sa?jña, Mother of Manu: Shadow and Light in the Markandeya Purana, Raj Balkaran Part V. Gender Transcendence 13. Male-Female Dialogues on Gender, Sexuality, and Dharma in the Hindu Epics, Ruth Vanita 14. The Vision of the Transcendent One: Feminist Hermeneutics and Feminine Symbolism in the Sikh Scripture, Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Index