Journal of Asian and African Studies, February 1st, 1999
This paper attempts first to define "modernity" within a Hindu context, using Religion in Modern India (Robert D. Baird, ed.) and Modern Religious Movements in India (J.N. Farquhar) as points of departure. Many of the Hindu thinkers studied by both the Baird and the Farquhar texts were either monastic or ascetic leaders, and of the four Hindu modern movements described in the Baird edition, three were monastic centered movements. Thus, "modern" in the Hindu context is closely interrelated with a monastic or an ascetic way of life and with monastic movements as institutions of socio-religious c...
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