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1、OrientalismandReligion‘Drawingonahostofcontemporarysocialandcriticaltheorists,RichardKinghaswrittenanimpressiveandtrulycross-disciplinarystudythattackleshead-onsomeofthefield’smostdeeplyingrainedyettroublesomepresumptions.OrientalismandReligionisthereforeacrashcoursei
2、nintellectualself-defence,aprimerforthosewhohavelongsuspectedthatthereisapowerfulyetlargelyundetectedpoliticsmovingwithinrhetoricsconcerningsuch“things”asunmediatedexperiencesofthereal.Inrecommendingthatreligionbeunderstoodasanaspectofcultureand,moreover,thattheacadem
3、icstudyofreligionberedescribedalongthelinesofculturalstudies,Kingjoinsagrowingnumberofintellectualswhohavesteppedforwardtoacceptthechallengeofmodernistroots.Accordingly,OrientalismandReligionpromisestohelpsetthetermsforfuturedebatesonthestatus,methods,andtheoriesofthe
4、studyofreligion.’RussellT.McCutcheon,SouthwestMissouriStateUniversity‘RichardKing’sOrientalismandReligionprovidesaninsightfulandprovocativecontributiontoarecentseriesofstudiesthatcanbebestcharacterizedas“colonialdiscourseanalysis”.ItisnotsomuchaboutIndiaandEuropeasiti
5、saboutWestern“fantasies”and“constructions”about“India”and“Europe”.Thebookrightlycallsforanewcritical“self-reflexivity”andamuchmoresophisticated“newcomparativism”.’GeraldJ.Larson,IndianaUniversity‘Thisisanimportantbook.Themaintheme,the“othering”oftheEast,ishighlysignif
6、icantandoriginal,painstakinglydocumented,andwithmajorimplicationsforwesternscholarship.’GraceJantzen,UniversityofManchesterRichardKingisReaderinReligiousStudiesattheUniversityofStirling.HeistheauthorofEarlyAdvaitaVedantaandBuddhismandIndianPhilosophy:AnIntroductiontoH
7、induandBuddhistThought.OrientalismandReligionPostcolonialtheory,Indiaand‘themysticEast’RichardKingLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1999byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001Routledgeisan
8、imprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2001.©1999RichardKingAllrightsreserved.Nopar
