Research Catalog

Title

Recent research on Max Weber's studies of Hinduism : papers submitted to a conference held in New Delhi, 1.-3.3. 1984 / edited by Detlef Kantowsky.

Publication

München : Weltforum Verlag, c1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kantowsky, Detlef, 1936-
• Max Mueller Bhavan (New Delhi, India)
• India International Centre.
• Universität Heidelberg. Südasien-Institut.

Description

231 p.; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Schriftenreihe Internationales Asienforum ; Bd. 4

Subject

• Weber, Max, 1864-1920
• Hinduism > Social aspects

Note

• "Organized by Max Mueller Bhaven, New Delhi in co-operation with India International Centre, and South Asia Institute"--P. 225.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Max Weber on India and Indian interpretations of Weber / Detlef Kantowsky -- Max Weber's wrong understanding of Indian civilization / Chaturvedi Badrinath -- Max Weber's Protestant ethic, the universality of social science, and the uniqueness of the East / Walter M. Sprondel -- Max Weber's contributions to Indian sociology / Detlef Kantowsky -- Hindu religious rationality and inner-worldly asceticism / G.S. Aurora -- Max Weber's contribution to the study of "Hinduization" in India and "Indianization" in Southeast Asia / Hermann Kulke -- Max Weber, India, and the patrimonial state / Jakob Rösel -- Charisma and the interaction between religious ideas and material interests / Antony Puthusseril -- Max Weber's conception of Hindu dharma as a paradigm / Dieter Conrad -- Religion, sect, and social transformation / M.S.A. Rao -- Pragmatism and transcendence / Johannes Laping -- The misinterpretation of Max Weber's study on Hinduism in India / Detlef Kantowsky.

ISBN

3803903335 (pbk.)

LCCN

86198235

OCLC

• ocm15695660
• SCSB-1172872

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library