Holy Science
The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism
Published on 15. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-295-74559-6 (ISBN)
Description
Behind the euphoric narrative of India as an emerging world power lies a complex and evolving relationship between science and religion. Evoking the rich mythology of comingled worlds where humans, animals, and gods transform each other and ancient history, Banu Subramaniam demonstrates how Hindu nationalism sutures an ideal past to technologies of the present to make bold claims about the Vedic Sciences and the scientific Vedas. Moving beyond a critique of India's emerging bionationalism, this book explores the generative possibility of myth and story, interweaving compelling new stories into a rich analysis that animates alternative imaginaries and "other" worlds of possibilities.
Reviews / Votes
"Reading Banu Subramaniam is equal parts pleasure and provocation...Subramaniam's work is a testament to the power of interdisciplinary impurity between the humanities and sciences."(Reading Religion)
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-295-74559-6 (9780295745596)
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Persons
Banu Subramaniam is professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and the Politics of Diversity, winner of the 2016 Ludwik Fleck Award from the Society for the Social Studies of Science.