Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach

Jain, Pankaj

Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2024-07-09
  • 售價: $4,300
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,085
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 193
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 9819924871
  • ISBN-13: 9789819924875

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商品描述

This book presents a substantive yet accessible introduction to the modern thought of Jainism. It examines the life and thought of some of the most influential 19th and 20th-century Jain ascetic leaders that remain little known in the Western world. The book's first part provides a detailed philosophical overview of Jain thought based on the translation of a seminal Hindi text Jain Darshan. The second part introduces eight Jain saints from the major Jain sects, including their biographies, philosophical perspectives, and related contemporary movements flourishing in various places across India and beyond. The author also shares his ethnographic experiences in several chapters. Furthermore the book provides a detailed glossary of terms in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Hindi, Gujarati, and Rajasthani and their English meanings. An indispensable book that offers innovative insights into several crucial Jain movements and how they helped shape modern Indian society and beyond. The book includes historical, philological, and anthropological accounts of modern Jainism.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

本書提供了一個實質而易於理解的現代耆那教思想介紹。它探討了19世紀和20世紀一些最具影響力的耆那教苦行領袖的生活和思想，這些人物在西方世界仍然鮮為人知。本書的第一部分基於一部重要的印地語文本《耆那教哲學》（Jain Darshan）的翻譯，提供了耆那教思想的詳細哲學概述。第二部分介紹了來自主要耆那教宗派的八位耆那聖人，包括他們的傳記、哲學觀點以及在印度及其他地區蓬勃發展的相關當代運動。作者在幾個章節中也分享了他的民族誌經驗。此外，本書提供了詳細的術語詞彙表，涵蓋梵語、普拉克里特語、印地語、古吉拉特語和拉賈斯坦語及其英文意義。本書是一本不可或缺的著作，提供了對幾個關鍵耆那教運動的創新見解，以及它們如何幫助塑造現代印度社會及其他地區。本書還包括了現代耆那教的歷史、語言學和人類學的記錄。

作者簡介

Professor Pankaj Jain is an internationally recognized academic leader in Sustainability, Jain Studies, Film Studies, and Diaspora Studies. He is the Head, Humanities & Languages and the Chair, The India Centre at FLAME University. He holds a PhD from the University of Iowa and an MA from Columbia University (both in Religious Studies). He has over twenty-five years of work experience in academia and industry. He has published award-winning Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability and Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains. His articles have appeared in several academic journals and on the Huffington Post, Washington Post, Economic Times, Times of India, Speaking Tree, and Patheos. In addition, Pankaj Jain is widely quoted in various American and Indian media outlets, including NBC, CBS, and BBC.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Pankaj Jain 教授是一位國際公認的可持續發展、耆那教研究、電影研究和僑民研究的學術領袖。他是 FLAME 大學人文與語言學系的系主任及印度中心的主席。他擁有愛荷華大學的博士學位和哥倫比亞大學的碩士學位（均為宗教研究）。他在學術界和產業界擁有超過二十五年的工作經驗。他出版了獲獎著作《印度教社群的法與生態：維持與可持續性》和《印度的科學與社會宗教革命：移動山脈》。他的文章曾發表在多個學術期刊以及《哈芬登郵報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《經濟時報》、《印度時報》、《Speaking Tree》和《Patheos》等媒體。此外，Pankaj Jain 在多個美國和印度媒體中被廣泛引用，包括 NBC、CBS 和 BBC。

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