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The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Colby College, Maine)

The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent By Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Colby College, Maine)

The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Colby College, Maine)


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This work is a critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective, and puts a new interpretation on a relatively unexplored religious tradition, while reversing the predominantly androcentric hermeneutics which has prevailed in Sikh scholarship.

The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent Summary

The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Colby College, Maine)

This work is a critical analysis of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It begins with Guru Nanak's vision of Transcendent Reality and concludes with the mystical journey of Rani Raj Kaur, the heroine of a modern Punjabi epic. The eight chapters of the book approach the Sikh vision of the Transcendent from historical, scriptural, symbolic, mythological, romantic, existential, ethical and mystical perspectives. Each of these discloses the centrality of the woman, and show convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve merely as a figure of speech or literary device; it was intended rather to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. The present work bolsters the claim that literary symbols should be translated into social and political realities, and in so doing puts a valuable feminist interpretation on a religious tradition which has remained relatively unexplored in scholarly literature.

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The primal paradox: seeing the transcendent; 2. Mother: the infinite matrix; 3. The bride seeks her groom: an epiphany of interconnections; 4. Durga recalled: transition from mythos to ethos; 5. The maiden weaves: garlands of songs and waves; 6. The woman asks: 'what is life?'; 7. Sundari: the paradigm of Sikh ethics; 8. Rani Raj Kaur: the mystical journey; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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NLS9780521050562
9780521050562
0521050561
The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent by Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh (Colby College, Maine)
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Paperback
Cambridge University Press
2008-02-01
332
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