Chapter 2 Ascetic Arjuna: (Im)Mortal Self as Political Battlefield and Becoming a Yogic Hero

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction Rethinking the Bhagavad-Gītā as Political Theory 1
5. Chapter 1 Political Integration in an Age of Strife: Bhagavad-Gītā in Epic Context 36
6. Chapter 2 Ascetic Arjuna: (Im)Mortal Self as Political Battlefield and Becoming a Yogic Hero 61
7. Chapter 3 King Kṛṣṇa: Cosmic Self, Monarchy, and Devotional Integration 83
8. Chapter 4 Modeling a Brahmanical Political Ideology 113
9. Chapter 5 Hindu Nationalism and Indian Democracy: Contemporary (Dis)Integration in the Kali-Yuga 144
10. Chapter 6 Neo-Hindu Authoritarianism, Narendra Modi, and Ideological Subversion 167
11. References 176
12. Index 183