{"product_id":"democracys-dhamma-buddhism-in-the-making-of-modern-india-c-1890-1956-hardback-9781009424950","title":"Democracy's Dhamma; Buddhism in the Making of Modern India, c. 1890–1956 (Hardback) 9781009424950","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy's Dhamma\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBuddhism in the Making of Modern India, c. 1890–1956\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemocracy's Dhamma is a genealogy of the engagement with Buddhism in modern India.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGitanjali Surendran (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009424950, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 2.9 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The rediscovery of India's Buddhist heritage-a global enterprise if ever there was one-is really a post-mid-19th-century development in which many remarkable personalities from South and Southeast Asia played a pivotal role. Surendran tells this fascinating story of the rediscovery of India's Buddhist heritage especially-one that was to have a deep and enduring impact on India's nationalist movement as is evident in, for instance, the choice of the national flag and the national symbol …' Jairam Ramesh, member of parliament, former minister and author\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1956, B. R. Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism raising questions about his turn from constitutionalism to religion. The answer lies in Buddhism itself. In the late colonial era, the struggle to produce an appropriate Buddhism for a nation-in-the-making reveals a secret history foundational to modern India. Thinkers, activists, reformers, pilgrims, and monks from around South, Southeast and East Asia discussed universalism, nationalism, modernity, democracy, and caste radicalism and advocated an Indian return to Buddhism and the Buddha. This book traces this genealogy through the Buddhist itineraries and political projects of figures like Anagarika Dharmapala, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vinayak D. Savarkar, Rahul Sankrityayan and Ambedkar, to reveal how Buddhism emerged as democracy's dhamma, the religion of democracy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Buddhism in the Making of Modern India\u003cbr\u003e 1. Anagarika Dharmapala in India\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dharmapala and Vivekananda in an Age of Universalism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Buddhism and the Bhadralok\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Buddhist Bay: Buddhist Mobility across the Bay of Bengal\u003cbr\u003e 5. Buddhist Relics, the Mahabodhi Temple and the Discourse of a Shared Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Buddhism as a Civil Religion and Hindutva\u003cbr\u003e 7. Buddhism, Anti-Caste Radicalism and Socialism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ambedkar, Dhamma and Democracy\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Destinies of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414005346584,"sku":"9781009424950","price":68.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009424950i.jpg?v=1784335505","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democracys-dhamma-buddhism-in-the-making-of-modern-india-c-1890-1956-hardback-9781009424950","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}