The modern spirit of Asia the spiritual and the secular in China and India

"The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways.Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exp...

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Main Author:	Veer, Peter van der (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press 2014
Subjects:	Religion and sociologyœzChina Religion and sociologyœzIndia Secularism˜zChinaœxHistory Secularism˜zIndiaœxHistory Nationalism˜zChinaœxReligious aspect Nationalism˜zIndiaœxReligious aspects
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