TY - BOOK
T1 - The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
AU - Cohen, Leonardo
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - This book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits’ descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets of their comportment. In both the Society of Jesus’ positive and negative impressions, there are glaring ethnocentric views that shift the spotlight onto the other’s flaws. Like many historical cases, these perceptions evolved into a sort of inverted mirror image of the self that revealed differences between the European Catholic and the native renunciate.
AB - This book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits’ descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets of their comportment. In both the Society of Jesus’ positive and negative impressions, there are glaring ethnocentric views that shift the spotlight onto the other’s flaws. Like many historical cases, these perceptions evolved into a sort of inverted mirror image of the self that revealed differences between the European Catholic and the native renunciate.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85217646805
U2 - 10.1163/9789004538566
DO - 10.1163/9789004538566
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85217646805
SN - 9789004538559
T3 - Jesuit Studies
BT - The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
PB - Brill
ER -