The Sikhs

Grewal, Jagtar Singh:
The Sikhs : ideology, institutions, and identity / J. S. Grewal. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xix, 419 S.
ISBN 978-0-19-569494-9 / 0-19-569494-5
Rs. 895,00
US$ 19,46 (Eastern Book Corp.)
US$ 57,60 (Bagchee)
DDC 954.00882946

Beschreibung
This unique collection brings together essays by a leading Sikh scholar, J.S. Grewal. Spanning over four decades, it presents a comprehensive and authoritative account of key aspects of Sikh tradition from Guru Nanak to the present times.
   Organized thematically, The Sikhs provides a detailed discussion of all the central issues in Sikh history and religion. The first three parts deal with ideological underpinnings, evolution of socio-political institutions, and Sikh literature. They examine areas like Guru Nanak and his Panth; political identity of the Khalsa Panth; martyrdom in Sikh literature; evolution of the Sikh state; Darbar Sahib and Akal Takht; and the debates surrounding the Janamsakhi and Prem Sumarg.
   Grewal also explores socio-political issues concerning Sikhism—norms of equality, caste, and gender—along with topics like the contest over sacred space, cultural reorientation under colonial rule, and the Akali question. Towards the end, he underlines the importance of Cunningham's work in a cross-cultural dialogue and critically investigates the debates concerning Sikhism in recent the decades. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface.
Introduction.
I. IDEOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS
    1. Guru Nanak and his Panth
    2. 'Raj Karega Khalsa'
    3. Martyrdom in Sikh history and literature
II. SOCIO-POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
    4. The Sikh state
    5. The Darbar Sahib and the Akal Takht
III. CONCERNS OF SIKH LITERATURE
    6. An early eighteenth century Janamsakhi
    7. The Prem Sumarg: a Sant Khalsa vision of the Sikh Panth
IV. NORMS OF EQUALITY
    8. Caste and the Sikh social order
    9. Sikhism and gender
V. NEW SOCIO-CULTURAL ORIENTATIONS
    10. Contest over the sacred space
    11. Colonial rule and cultural reorientation
    12. The Akalis and Khalistan
VI. CROSS CULTURAL DEBATES
    13. Empathy with the Sikh past: J.D. Cunningham
    14. The contemporary controversy in Sikh studies
Glossary
Bibliography
Name Index
Place Index
Subject Index

Autor

J. S. GREWAL, Padmashree and a renowned Sikh scholar, served as the Chairman of the Governing Body and the Director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. Formerly, he was Professor of History and Vice Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He has published extensively on historiography, medieval and modern Indian history, Sikh movement and the Punjab.

Quellen: Oxford University Press (India); WorldCat; Eastern Book Corp.; Bagchee; Vedams Books.

Rückschau
Von J. S. Grewal haben wir in Indologica bereits das folgende Werk erfaßt:
[29.04.2005] Grewal: The State and Society in Medieval India