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Rethinking Neo-Vedānta. Swami Vivekananda and the selective historiography of Advaita Vedānta
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SYSNO ASEP 0479750 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Rethinking Neo-Vedānta. Swami Vivekananda and the selective historiography of Advaita Vedānta Author(s) Madaio, James (OU-W) SAI, ORCID Article number 101 Source Title Religions. - : MDPI
Roč. 8, č. 6 (2017)Number of pages 12 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords Swami Vivekananda ; Neo-Vedānta ; Advaita Vedānta ; Advaita ; modern Hinduism Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Religious studies Method of publishing Open access Institutional support OU-W - RVO:68378009 UT WOS 000407232300002 EID SCOPUS 85020480554 DOI 10.3390/rel8060101 Annotation This paper problematizes the prevalent model of studying the “Neo-Vedānta” of Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) principally in terms of an influx of Western ideas and nationalism. In particular, I demonstrate how scholarly constructions of “Neo-Vedānta” consistently appeal to a high culture, staticized understanding of “traditional” Advaita Vedānta as the alterity for locating Vivekananda’s “neo” or new teachings. In doing so, such studies ignore the diverse medieval and early modern developments in advaitic and Advaita Vedāntic traditions which were well-known to Vivekananda and other “Neo-Vedāntins”. Redressing this discursive imbalance, I propose that close attention to the way in which Swami Vivekananda drew from Indic texts opens up a wider frame for understanding the swami and the genealogy of his cosmopolitan theology. Workplace Oriental Institute Contact Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950 Year of Publishing 2018 Electronic address http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/8/6/101
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