Feminine Principle Sikh Vision: 3 (Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions, Series Number 3) - Softcover

Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521050561 ISBN 13: 9780521050562

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This work is a critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective, and puts a new interpretation on a relatively unexplored religious tradition, while reversing the predominantly androcentric hermeneutics which has prevailed in Sikh scholarship.

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This work is a critical analysis of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It begins with Guru Nanak's vision of Transcendent Reality and concludes with the mystical journey of Rani Raj Kaur, the heroine of a modern Punjabi epic. The eight chapters of the book approach the Sikh vision of the Transcendent from historical, scriptural, symbolic, mythological, romantic, existential, ethical and mystical perspectives. Each of these discloses the centrality of the woman, and show convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve merely as a figure of speech or literary device; it was intended rather to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. The present work bolsters the claim that literary symbols should be translated into social and political realities, and in so doing puts a valuable feminist interpretation on a religious tradition which has remained relatively unexplored in scholarly literature.

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Book by Singh NikkyGuninder Kaur

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521050561
• ISBN 13: 9780521050562
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 332