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BENNETS, Edgar. Neohinduism: Reinterpretation and Universalization of the Idea of Liberation in Ram Mohan Roy and Swāmi Vivekānanda. Interpret. Rev. herméneut [online]. 2023, vol.8, n.2, pp.23-45.  Epub 30-Ago-2024. ISSN 2448-864X.  https://doi.org/10.19130/irh.2023.2.00s01x012.

This article analyzes the position behind the back of the most important modern thinkers in India: Ram Mohan Roy and Swāmi Vivekānanda, ointing out their tendency to reinterpret, homogenize and/or decontextualize the idea of spiritual liberation, in contrast to the idea of liberation traditional. Thus, there are two tendencies to conceive the idea of liberation: the ancient or traditional and the modern, only that, of the second, a reinterpretation of the first is always assumed, because while the idea of traditional liberation is strictly religious (only for followers or disciples), dogmatic and exclusive; the idea of modern liberation is secular, open and inclusive (without distinction of race, nationality or religious subscription). To account for this reinterpretation or decontextualization, it was necessary to balance the hermeneutic horizon between Europe and India, that is, a general analysis of how they relate to, derive from, and influence these cultures, and how, because of this encounter, the India begins a trend to reinterpret. This trend generated in modernity, because of the encounter with Europe, has been coined the term neohinduism, which I clarified, together with its terminological variants.

Palabras llave : Ram Mohan Roy; Vivekānanda; reinterpretation; spiritual liberation; neohinduism.

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