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How Hinduphobia has been constructed and unleashed from the West | Prof Lavanya Vemsani

How Hinduphobia has been constructed and unleashed from the West | Prof Lavanya Vemsani

FromThat's So Hindu


How Hinduphobia has been constructed and unleashed from the West | Prof Lavanya Vemsani

FromThat's So Hindu

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode we're speaking with Lavanya Vemsani, professor of history at Shawnee State University in Ohio, specializing in Indian history and religion. Her latest paper in the International Review of Modern Sociology is titled “Global Hinduphobia: Construed, Constructed, and Unleashed from the West” and that’s what we’re going to talk: Hinduphobia, the fallacy of Aryan Invasion Theory, and how to revamp the study of Hinduism so that a more accurate picture of Hinduisms past and present can glimpsed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Apr 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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