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| Author: D. N. Jha |
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Product Summary
Format: Paperback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN-10: 1859844243
ISBN-13: 9781859844243
Buy.com Sku: 33888746
Publish Date: 2/1/2004
Dimensions:
(in Inches) 8.5H x 5.5L x 0.75T
Pages:
184
Age Range:
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From the Publisher:
Hugely controversial upon its publication in India, this book has already been banned by the Hyderabad Civil Court and the author's life has been threatened. Jha argues against the historical sanctity of the cow in India, in an illuminating response to the prevailing attitudes about beef that have been fiercely supported by the current Hindu right-wing government and the fundamentalist groups backing it. |
Times Literary Supplement
"Professor Jha traces the history of the doctrine forbidding the eating of cows or the killing of cows, soundly and thoroughly covering both the classic texts and cutting-edge scholarship, Indian and European, but his arguments are not always as nuanced as they might be." - Wendy Doniger 08/02/2002
"Professor Jha traces the history of the doctrine forbidding the eating of cows or the killing of cows, soundly and thoroughly covering both the classic texts and cutting-edge scholarship, Indian and European, but his arguments are not always as nuanced as they might be." - Wendy Doniger 08/02/2002
