Exploring Alterity in a Globalized World [Hardcover]

This volume develops a unique framework to understand India through indigenous and European perspectives, and examines how it copes with the larger challenges of a globalized world. Through a discussion of religious and philosophical traditions, cultural developments as well as contemporary theatre, films and media, it explores the manner in which India negotiates the trials of globalization. It also focuses upon Indias school and education system, its limitations and successes, and how it prepares to achieve social inclusion. The work further shows how contemporary societies in both India and Europe deal with cultural diversity and engage with the tensions between tendencies towards homogenization and diversity.

This eclectic collection on what it is to be a part of global network will be of interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian studies, philosophy, sociology, culture studies, and religion.

Preface. Exploring Alterity in a Globalised World Christoph WulfPart I Religion, Philosophy, and Culture 1. Kalis Daughters: The Tantric Conception of the Divine Feminine as an Emancipatory Role Model for Hindu Women Archita Vajpayee and Matthias Semmler 2. The Sacred Cow and the Ideal of ahiCs
Kristina Schmitz-Valkenberg3. Re-Reading Gandhi for a Reformed Knowing: Where to put that Little Inner Voice? Bhakti Patil4. Education for a Better World? Gandhis Ideas on Education and their Relevance in Modern India Theresa Vollmer5. Asceticism in Ancient and Modern India Franziska Roggenbuck6. Cultivating Simplicity as a Way of Life. Insights from a Study about Everyday Lives of Tibetan-Buddhist Child Monks in Ladakh Tanu Biswas7. The Legends of St. Thomas and the Extensions of the Magic/MiraclelN