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Balagangadhara Rao
Balagangadhara Rao
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Research group(s)
RCVC - Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap
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Projects
Projects as supervisor
Cold war social science and the development of the human sciences in Europe and India
(
2015
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2016
)
Secularism, colonialism and the Enlightenment. European toleration and the rise of fundamentalism in South Asia
(
2009
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2012
)
Development of the centre for the study of local cultures at Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India
(
2007
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2011
)
Caste, community, and tradition in Karnataka, India
(
2006
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2008
)
Ascetics and crafty priests. Orientalism and the European representations of India
(
2005
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2010
)
Conversion, secularism and religious freedom in India
(
2004
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2010
)
Bhakti, intentionality, and configurations of learning
(
2000
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2002
)
Ethische domeinen en cultuurverschillen. Een onderzoek naar de mogelijkheid dat cultuurverschillen zich uiten als verschillen in de constructie van de ethische domeinen
(
1996
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1998
)
Publications
Key publications
"The heathen in his blindness...": Asia, the West and the dynamic of religion
(2005
)
Balagangadhara Rao
Reconceptualizing India studies
(2012
)
Balagangadhara Rao
The secular state and religious conflict: liberal neutrality and the Indian case of pluralism
(2007
)
Balagangadhara Rao
Jakob De Roover
Reconceptualizing the postcolonial project: beyond the strictures and structures of orientalism
(2009
)
Balagangadhara Rao
Marianne Keppens
How to speak for the Indian traditions : an agenda for the future
(2005
)
Balagangadhara Rao
Most recent publications
Rao, Balagangadhara, et al. “Which Fidelity, Whose Adultery? Minding Manu’s Verse.”
PHILOSOPHY EAST & WEST
, vol. 72, no. 3, 2022, pp. 594–625, doi:10.1353/pew.2022.0077.
Rao, Balagangadhara, and Sarika Rao. “Is Thinking Together Possible? Reconceptualizing Inter-Tradition Dialogues in the 21st Century.”
De Natura Fidei : Rethinking Religion across Disciplinary Boundaries
, edited by Jibu Mathew George, Authorspress, 2022.
Rao, Balagangadhara, and Sarika Rao.
What Does It Mean to Be “Indian”?
Notion Press, 2021.
Rao, Balagangadhara. “Caste-Based Reservation and Social Justice in India.”
Western Foundations of the Caste System
, edited by Martin Farek et al., Springer, 2017, pp. 31–55, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-38761-1_2.
Rao, Balagangadhara. “Indian Culture and Its Social Security System.”
Critical Humanities from India : Contexts, Issues, Futures
, edited by Venkat Rao, Routledge, 2017, pp. 233–73.
Full bibliography