Max Weber-The Religion of India_ The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism

Max Weber-The Religion of India_ The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private, Limited (2000)

Format PDF  32.7 MB

Pages  400

PART ONE-THE HINDU SOCIAL SYSTEM

I. India and Hinduism

1. The General Place of Hinduism

2. Diffusion Patterns of Hinduism

3. Hindu Doctrine and Ritual

4. The Place of the Vedas

5. The Brahmans and the Castes

6. Caste and Tribe

7. Caste and Guild

8. Caste and Status group

9. The Social Rank Order of the Castes

10. Caste and Sib

II. The Main Grouping of The Castes

1. The Brahmans

2. The Kshatriyas

3. The Vaishyas

4. The Shudras

III. Caste Forms and Schisms

1. Caste Criteria

2. Caste Schism

3. Caste Discipline

4. Caste and Traditionalism 111

5. The Religious Promise of the Caste System 117

6. The Developmental Conditions of the Caste System 123

PART TWO-ORTHODOX AND HETERODOX HOLY TEACHING OF THE INDIAN INTELLECTUALS

IV. Anti-orgiastic and Ritualistic Character of Brahmanical Religiosity 137

1. BrahmanicaI, Hellenistic, and Confucian InteIlectuaI Strata 137

2. Dharma and the Absence of the Concept of Natural Law 143

3. Knowledge, Asceticism, and Mysticism in India 146

4. Sramana and Brahmanical Asceticism 154

5. BrahmanicaI Writings and Science 158

V. Orthodox Hinduism 163

1. Holy Technique (Yoga) and the Development of Religious Philosophy 163

2. Orthodox Salvation Doctrines 166

3. Holy Teaching and the Professional Ethic of the Bhagavadgita 180

VI. The Heterodox Soteriologies of the Cultured Professional Monks 192

1. The Two Great Heterodoxies 192

2. Jainism 193

3. Ancient Buddhism 204

PART THREE-THE ASIATIC SECTS AND THE REDEMPTION RELIGIONS

VII. The Transformation of Ancient Buddhism

1. General Reasons for the Transformation of Ancient Buddhism

2. King Ashoka

3. Mahayana Buddhism

VIII. The Missions

1. Ceylon and Outlying IndianTerritories

2. China

3. Korea

4. Japan

5. Inner Asia: Lamaism

IX. The Orthodox Restoration in India

1. General Character

2. Shivaism and the Lingam Cult

3. Vishnuism and Bhakti Piety

4. The Sects and the Gurus

X. The General Character of Asiatic Religion

Notes

Index