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Book Summary
"Guru English" is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of
cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has
flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two
hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies from
South Asia that, Aravamudan argues, launches a different kind of cosmopolitanism
into global use.
Using "Guru English" as a tagline for the globalizing idiom that has grown up
around these religions, Aravamudan traces the diffusion and transformation of
South Asian religious discourses as they shuttled between East and West through
English-language use. The book demonstrates that cosmopolitanism is not
ISBN-13
9780691118284
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publishing Date
2005-11-20
Total Pages
336
Guru English: South Asian Religion In A Cosmopolitan Language (Translation/Transnation)
"Guru English" is a bold reconceptualization of the scope and meaning of
cosmopolitanism, examining the language of South Asian religiosity as it has
flourished both inside and outside of its original context for the past two
hundred years. The book surveys a specific set of religious vocabularies from
South Asia that, Aravamudan argues, launches a different kind of cosmopolitanism
into global use.
Using "Guru English" as a tagline for the globalizing idiom that has grown up
around these religions, Aravamudan traces the diffusion and transformation of
South Asian religious discourses as they shuttled between East and West through
English-language use. The book demonstrates that cosmopolitanism is not