Hindu Worldviews

Jessica Frazier is Lecturer at the University of Kent, UK, a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK and Managing Editor of the Journal of Hindu Studies, , and a. She is the editor of the Bloomsbury Companion to Hindu Studies (2011), and author of Reality, Religion and Passion: Truth and Ethics in Hans-Georg Gadamer and Rupa Gosvami (2008).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsNote on Translations1. Introduction: Hindu Worldviews and Global TheoryPart One - The Art of Embodiment: The Self Made of Matter2. Theories of Self in Classical Hinduism3. Bodies Made of Elements and Structures4. Bodies Made of Substances and Modes5. Agency and the Art of the SelfPart Two - Becoming the World: The Self Made of Thought6. Theories of Reason in Classical Hinduism7. Becoming the World through Reason8. Theories of EverythingPart Three - Shaping the World: Classical Embodiment in Practice9. Theories of Ritual and Practice in Hindu Culture10. Practices of Materiality: Structuring and Transformative Rituals11. Interactive Practices and the Community of Selves12. Speculative Practices and the Reality of Ideas13. Conclusion: The Art of Being Human in the Hindu CosmosReferencesIndex

This well written and interesting book is an important contribution that offers a fresh reading of Hindu thinking and practice, showing us that a Hindu history of ideas is relevant to contemporary intellectual concerns. This is a book that should widely read not only within Hindu Studies but in broader context of philosophical and religious history.