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This pioneering work examines the existing understanding of Hinduism in relation to human rights discourse. Written by a leading Hindu scholar, Hindu Narratives on Human Rights is organized around specific rights, such as the right to own property, the rights of children, women’s rights, and animal rights. Within these categories and in light of the questions they raise, the book provides a guided tour of Hindu narratives on ethics, ranging from the famous religious epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, to various forms of secular literature drawn from almost a thousand years of Indic civilization. The realization that Hindu ethical discourse is narrative rather than propositional is a relatively recent one. Hence, the prevailing tendency in the West has been to overlook it in the context of the discussion of human rights. This book was written to correct that oversight. It shows that the presence of the universal in the particular in Hindu stories is a key to understanding Hindu thinking about human rights―and it indicates ways in which Hindu ethical discourse can interact creatively with modern human rights discourse.
ASIN : 0313381615
Publisher : Praeger Publishers Inc
Publication date : 21 December 2009
Language : English
Print length : 180 pages
ISBN-10 : 0313381615
ISBN-13 : 978-0313381614
Reading age : 7 – 17 years
Item Weight : 431 g
Dimensions : 15.6 x 1.09 x 23.39 cm
Country of Origin : USA
Packer : Praeger
Best Sellers Rank: #576,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,759 in Political Freedom & Security (Books) #5,506 in Theology & Philosophy of Religion #8,273 in Literary Theory, History & Criticism
