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Hindus, Jews, and the Politics of Comparison argues that comparative studies of Hindu and Jewish traditions can generate alternative epistemologies, critically interrogating the Eurocentric and Protestant-based paradigms in the academy that have perpetuated the ideals of Enlightenment discourse and colonial and neocolonial projects.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
1: The Politics of Comparison: Beyond the Tyranny of Taxonomies
South Asia and the Middle East: Beyond European Hegemony
Hinduisms and Judaisms: Beyond Protestant Christian Hegemony
2: What Have Hindus to Do with Jews? Hindu-Jewish Encounters in the Academy and Beyond
Historical Encounters: South Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Indic and Judaic Worlds
Collaborative Scholarly Encounters: Comparative Studies of Hindu and Jewish Traditions
Interreligious Encounters: Hindu-Jewish Dialogue
3: Veda and Torah: Textual Communities and the Word Beyond Text
From Text to Symbol
I. Veda
II. Torah
III. Veda and Torah
Reimagining Scripture
4: Models of Religious Tradition: Embodied Communities and Missionizing Traditions
Embodying Ethnocultural Identities
Missionizing Traditions and Universalizing Projects
5: The Gastrosemantics of Hindu and Jewish Foodways: Food Taxonomies, Dietary Regimes, and Socioreligious Hierarchies
Embodied Communities and Foodways
Food Taxonomies and Animal Classifications
Dietary Regulations and Social Classifications
Food Preparation and Food Transactions
Afterword
From the Locative/Utopian Dichotomy to the Dialectic of Local Histories/Global Designs
Embodied Communities and Missionizing Traditions
Note on Translations and Transliteration
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
Barbara A. Holdrege
