From Gurudev to Doctor-Sahib

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" From Gurudev to Doctor-Sahib "
Daniel Philip Heifetz

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077933
Doc. No	:	LA121562
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341433‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Daniel Philip Heifetz
Title & Author	:	From Gurudev to Doctor-Sahib [Article]\ Daniel Philip Heifetz
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2018
Volume/ Issue Number	:	30/3
Page No	:	252–278
Abstract	:	The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern Hindu movement working to revive ancient Vedic-style rituals. The movement was founded by a charismatic figure named Shriram Sharma, but is now headed by his successor, a medical doctor named Pranav Pandya. I argue that the continued vitality of the movement in the absence of its charismatic founder has to do with the ways in which Pandya’s scientific authority as a medical doctor replaces Sharma’s charismatic authority. By attending to the affective dimensions of these two forms of authority, their differences become less stark and it becomes clear how scientific authority, despite its seeming disenchantment, might retain some of the emotional power of charismatic authority. The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern Hindu movement working to revive ancient Vedic-style rituals. The movement was founded by a charismatic figure named Shriram Sharma, but is now headed by his successor, a medical doctor named Pranav Pandya. I argue that the continued vitality of the movement in the absence of its charismatic founder has to do with the ways in which Pandya’s scientific authority as a medical doctor replaces Sharma’s charismatic authority. By attending to the affective dimensions of these two forms of authority, their differences become less stark and it becomes clear how scientific authority, despite its seeming disenchantment, might retain some of the emotional power of charismatic authority.
Descriptor	:	affect
Descriptor	:	charisma
Descriptor	:	Hinduism
Descriptor	:	religious authority
Descriptor	:	science
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341433‬