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Hinduism is practiced by nearly 80 percent of India's population, and by some 70 million people outside India. In this Very Short Introduction, Kim Knott offers a succinct and authoritative overview of this major religion, and analyzes the challenges facing it in the 21st century. She discusses key preoccupations of Hinduism such as the centrality of the Veda as religious texts, the role of Brahmins, gurus, and storytellers in the transmission of divine truths, and the cultural and moral importance of epics such as the Ramayana.
In this second edition, Knott considers the impact of changes in technology and the flourishing of social media on Hinduism, and looks at the presence of Hinduism in popular culture, considering pieces such as Sita Sings the Blues. She also analyzes recent developments in India, and the impact issues such as Hindu nationalism and the politicization of Hinduism have on Hindus worldwide.
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- Narrado por: Ben Esner
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7
In this Very Short Introduction, Robert Segal introduces the array of approaches used to understand the study of myth. These approaches hail from disciplines as varied as anthropology, sociology, psychology, literary criticism, philosophy, science, and religious studies. Including ideas from theorists as varied as Sigmund Freud, Claude Levi-Strauss, Albert Camus, and Roland Barthes, Segal uses the famous ancient myth of Adonis to analyze their individual approaches and theories.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good But Very North-American Centred
- De Drone Boy en 07-23-22
De: Robert A. Segal
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Cosmology
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Peter Coles
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 4 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 9
Written in simple and accessible language, this nontechnical introduction to cosmology, or the creation and development of the universe, explains the discipline, covers its history, details the latest developments, and explains what is known, what is believed, and what is purely speculative. In addition, the author discusses the development of the Big Bang theory, and more speculative modern issues like quantum cosmology, superstrings, and dark matter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good read
- De SEB24 en 09-23-24
De: Peter Coles
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Sikhism
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- De: Eleanor Nesbitt
- Narrado por: Siiri Scott
- Duración: 5 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11
This Very Short Introduction introduces newcomers to the meaning of the Sikh religious tradition, its teachings, practices, rituals, and festivals. Eleanor Nesbitt highlights and contextualizes the key threads in the history of Sikhism, from the first Gurus to martyrdom, militarization, and the increasingly significant diaspora. Examining gender, caste, and the changes that are currently underway in the faith, Nesbitt considers contemporary Sikh identities and their role in our world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Misleading Title
- De YB en 09-29-22
De: Eleanor Nesbitt
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Hinduism for Beginners
- The Ultimate Guide to Hindu Gods, Hindu Beliefs, Hindu Rituals and Hindu Religion
- De: Cassie Coleman
- Narrado por: sangita chauhan
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
In this audiobook we will explore numerous beliefs held by this diverse group of people. We will look at some of the legends of the divine "angels" that serve Brahman. Also, we will delve into some of the rituals that are common within Hinduism. In addition we will do some comparative religion, looking at some of the similarities and differences between Hinduism and some other philosophies. This will allow us not only to gain greater insight into Hinduism but to see the common threads of philosophy found in many of the great religions of the world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Gods part great.
- De no fiction en 03-25-25
De: Cassie Coleman
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Classics
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Mary Beard, John Henderson
- Narrado por: Julia Whelan
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
We are all classicists - we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these aspects of the classics differ from their original reality?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beard guides the reader through the Classics
- De Darwin8u en 10-29-24
De: Mary Beard, y otros
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The History of Time
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Leofranc Holford-Strevens
- Narrado por: Ben Esner
- Duración: 3 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
Leofranc Holford-Strevens brings us this fascinating study of time using a range of examples from ancient Rome and Julius Caesar's imposition of the leap year to the 1920s project for a fixed Easter. Those interested in time, history, and the development of the calendar will enjoy this absorbing exploration of an aspect of our lives that we all take for granted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely amazing
- De THE WAR WITHIN en 05-19-24
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American History
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Paul Boyer
- Narrado por: Lee Goettl
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1
Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and scientific developments that shaped our country.
De: Paul Boyer
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The History of Life
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Michael J. Benton
- Narrado por: Peter Larkin
- Duración: 5 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 11
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 8
Here is the extraordinary story of the unfolding of life on Earth, told by Michael J. Benton, a world-renowned authority on biodiversity. Ranging over four billion years, Benton weaves together the latest findings on fossils, earth history, evolutionary biology, and many other fields to highlight the great leaps that enabled life to evolve from microbe to human - big breakthroughs that made whole new ways of life possible - including cell division and multicellularity, hard skeletons, the move to land, the origin of forests, the move to the air.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life in a nutshell
- De Judy en 04-28-24
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Orthodox Christianity
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: A. Edward Siecienski
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
- Duración: 3 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 25
To many in the West, Orthodoxy remains shrouded in mystery, an exotic and foreign religion that survived in the East following the Great Schism of 1054 that split the Christian world into two camps - Catholic and Orthodox. However, as the second largest Christian denomination, Orthodox Christianity is anything but foreign to the nearly 300 million worshipers who practice it. For them, Orthodoxy is a living, breathing reality; a way of being Christian ultimately rooted in the person of Jesus and the experience of the early church.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Review summary
- De David Neff en 09-20-24
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Fascism
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Kevin Passmore
- Narrado por: Pam Ward
- Duración: 6 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Fascism is notoriously hard to define. How do we make sense of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That is overtly macho in style, yet attracts many women? That calls for a return to tradition while maintaining a fascination with technology? And that preaches violence in the name of an ordered society? In the new edition of this Very Short Introduction, Kevin Passmore brilliantly unravels the paradoxes of one of the most important phenomena in the modern world
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brings Clarity to a Resurging Topic
- De Fernanda Araujo en 03-24-20
De: Kevin Passmore
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Islamic History
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Adam J. Silverstein
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 4 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 16
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 16
Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This very short introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims and for non-Muslims alike. Opening with a lucid overview of the rise and spread of Islam, from the seventh to 21st century, the book charts the evolution of what was originally a small, localized community of believers into an international religion with over a billion adherents.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not good as an audio book
- De andtomorrow en 02-08-20
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Critical Theory (Second Edition)
- A Very Short Introduction
- De: Stephen Eric Bronner
- Narrado por: Justin Price
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 10
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10
Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose—and, if at all possible, cure—the ills of society, particularly fascism and capitalism. In this book, Stephen Eric Bronner provides sketches of leading representatives of the critical tradition (such as George Lukács and Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Herbert Marcuse and Jurgen Habermas) as well as many of its seminal texts and empirical investigations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Superfluously Grandiloquent Exegesis of an Ostentatiously Verbose Tome
- De Anonymous User en 03-01-25