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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. “Indian Culture and Its Social Security System.”
Critical Humanities from India : Contexts, Issues, Futures
, edited by Venkat Rao, Routledge, 2017, pp. 233–73.
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.
Full bibliography