Reinterpreting Histories: 40 years of ISKCON (so-called 'Hare Krishna')

Dozent/in	Dr. phil. Frank Neubert
Veranstaltungsart	Hauptseminar
Code	HS081084
Semester	Herbstsemester 2008
Durchführender Fachbereich	Religionswissenschaft
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Di), ab 16.09.2008, 15:00 - 17:00 Uhr, Union U 2.01
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	wöchentlich
Inhalt	The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, better known as the Hare Krishna Movement, was founded in 1965 and has seen a rather successful development in the forty-two years of its existence despite a number of internal crises and, at times, extreme external pressure. In this course, we will study the historical backgrounds of this religious movement in Vaishnavism, ISKCON's history as a religious movement in the Western world, its teachings and practices as well as the processes of its global dispersion. The historical and empirical studies will be embedded in theoretical reflection on a number of issues in the study of religion, namely the concepts of new religious movement, religious practice, stereotypes and stigmatisation, the global religious marketplace and others. For successful participation, you need to read the relevant literature for the course and present one paper. Information of the schedule of the course and on relevant literature will be handed out in the first session.
Lernziele	s. kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Voraussetzungen	Gute Englischkenntnisse Besuch in Einführung in Religionswissenschaft PS
Sprache	Englisch
Anmeldung	UniPortal
Hinweise	für BA- und MA-Studierende geeignet
Hörer-/innen	Nein
Kontakt	frank.neubert@unilu.ch Religionswissenschaftliches Seminar, Universität Luzern, Frau Christine Waghorn, Kasernenplatz 3, 6000 Luzern 7; Tel.: 041 228 73 88; relsem@unilu.ch
Material	s. Semesterapparat
Literatur	Literature Dasa, Vedavyasa: Srila Prabhupada and His Disciples in Germany. Alicante: Mandir Media Group 1996. Knott, Kim: My Sweet Lord. The Hare Krishna Movement. San Bernardino: Borgo Press 1988. Rochford, E. Burke: Hare Krishna Transformed, New York: NYUP 2007. Squarcini, Frederico and Eugenio Fizzotti: Hare Krishna, London: CESNUR 2004.