Hindus

A Superior Race

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6306830
AutoresPeter Van Der Veer (University of Amsterdam, autor de correspondencia)
Año1999
Volumen5
Número3
Páginas419-430
Fecha de publicación1999-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1354-5078.1999.00419.x
OpenAlexW2135721983
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas12

In this contribution I want to first examine some aspects of the influence of Orientalism and Christianity on the construction of a notion of Hinduism which could serve as the basis for nationalism. Second, I want to explore two influential claims about the uniqueness and superiority of the Hindu religion and its practitioners. The first claim is that Hinduism is the religion of a superior race, namely the Aryan race. The second claim is that Hinduism is a religion which is spiritually superior to other religions. These two claims are never completely separate from each other, but are differently emphasised by different Hindu movements

Aryan race · Buddhism · Christianity · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · History of religions · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies