The Routledge Companion to the Life and Legacy of Guru Hargobind
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The Routledge Companion to the Life and Legacy of Guru Hargobind

Sovereignty, Militancy, and Empowerment of the Sikh Panth

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The Routledge Companion to the Life and Legacy of Guru Hargobind

Sovereignty, Militancy, and Empowerment of the Sikh Panth

About this book

This companion studies the life and legacy of Guru Hargobind (1590–1644), the Sixth Guru of the Sikh tradition. It highlights the complex nature of Sikh society and culture in the historical and socio-economic context of Mughal India.

The book reconstructs the life of Guru Hargobind by exploring the "divine presence" in history and memory. It addresses the questions of why and how militancy became explicit during Guru Hargobind's spiritual reign and examines the growth of the Sikh community's self-consciousness, separatism, and militancy as an integral part of the process of empowerment of the Sikh Panth.

A unique contribution, this book provides a multidisciplinary paradigm in the reconstruction of Guru Hargobind's life and legacy. It will be indispensable for students of Sikh studies, religious studies, history, sociology of religion, anthropology, material culture, literary and textual studies, politics, militancy, and South Asian studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. Foreword
  10. Preface and Acknowledgments
  11. Note on Orthography
  12. 1 Reconstructing a Sacred Biography
  13. 2 Situating the Guru in Indian History
  14. 3 Vehicles to the Past: The Sources
  15. 4 “Divine” Presence in History and Memory: The Life of Guru Hargobind
  16. 5 Sovereignty
  17. 6 The Making of Spiritual Warriors
  18. 7 Empowerment of the Sikh Panth
  19. 8 Narrating the Person: Images of the Guru
  20. Glossary
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index