yea. and such fundamentalisms rule the roost in religion, unfortunately. even in an egalitarian religion like buddhism that arose as a cultural/politcal resistance to brahminical domination can be seen sttoop to the level of brahminsm itself .to the extent that the priest class imposes their versions of scriptures as the truth. in a conversion Sreenarayana Guru said, "buddha does not need a religion to get revelations, but buddhists need.".. it is true in many of the religious context, i think.
unlike semetic religions, hinduism does nt exist as a religion. it s a practice copied/stollen/coopted from various tribal/buddhist practices.. the sagh trying hard to make it a religion of book by slowly poisoning/killing these varied practices and coopting into the single narrative of hindu. it kills the wonders of diversity/plurality.. the priest class as the sole intrpretators of divine truth has closed the possibility of different readings, though various sects counters this hegemony with their own versions of truth. but within a particular domain democratic discourse has limited scope, i feel. this perhaps, is not only limited to religion. Look at marxism. It s been practised as a religion and any attempt to question the base-superstructure model, based on which it looks at social relations, will be neglected at the begining itself. Academics in that sense is like a religious sect, each vying for its own claim on the truth. but wonderful thing abt it s that theory is not static; the dynamics with which it existss, forces ruptures. and these ruptures create the magic of theory. blasphemies exist as ruptures and new theoretical paths in both academics and religion. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
