The Modern Spirit of Asia: The Spiritual and the Secular in China and India

by Peter van der Veer

A comparative look at religion and spirituality in postcolonial China and India

The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691128154
• ISBN13: 9780691128153
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"