Pdf german orientalism and the decline of the west. Adluri rethinking orientalism edward saids seminal work orientalism 1979 provided the first theoretical framework for comprehending european orientalism, but his analysis of orientalism as a form of knowledge production that accompanied and provided the theoretical foundations for western colonial. Indology and orientalism within indology there is the bifurcation of two studies. Papers preprint versions a4 format are made available here. Her contact with indian civilization was propelled by scholars and artists of the eighteenth century who appeared on the scene about the same time as william jones.
Ancient indias rebirth in modern germany by douglas t. The papers in the present volume originate from twentythree scholars of indology, philosophy, religious studies, comparative theology, classics, folkloristics and political theory, working in eleven countries spread over three continents. Read the fulltext online edition of indology, indomania, and orientalism. Swadeshi indology rajiv malhotra infinity foundation.
Italian orientalism is an interdisciplinary and transnational study both of the reception of european orientalism in risorgimento italy, and of the development of an italian orientalist expression in the postunification and fascist periods. Edward saids seminal work orientalism 1979 provided the. Project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with. Investigating the growth of indology the study of east indian texts, literature, and culture and the diffusion of this knowledge about ancient india within nineteenthcentury germany, this work read. Russia developed orientalism and indology quite independent of western europe. Investigating the growth of indology the study of east indian texts, literature, and culture and the diffusion of this knowledge about ancient india within nineteenthcentury germany, this work contextualizes approaches to contact by historically grounding them in a contemporary history of german culture, education, and science. Jinvijay was born in rupaheli, mewad near udaipur on 27 january 1888 to vriddhisinh and rajkumari. In the period of decolonisation that followed the end of the second world war a number of scholars, mainly middle eastern, launched a sustained assault on orientalism the theory and practice of representing the orient in western thought accusing its practitioners of. Lewiss verbosity scarcely conceals both the ideological underpinnings of his position and his extraordinary.
Mcgetchin jan 1, 2010 fairleigh caste 8,558 words view diff exact match in snippet view article find links to article british administrators, augmenting a discourse that had already dominated indology. The swadeshi indology conference series has been envisioned to counter the 250yearold narrative of western indology, the genre of orientalism that focuses on india. Indology and comparative linguistics in germany, 17501958. In pollocks brief reference to rhys davids, orientalism in. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book orientalism and religion. It answers the historical anomaly of why germany had more. Indology, indomania, and orientalism douglas t mcgetchin. The terms indologist and orientalist are frequently used. He shows us how religion needs to be reinterpreted along the lines of cultural studies. According to pollock, the specific contribution of german indology. Thinking about german indology during the years 193345 and about forms of precolonial domination in south asia in this framework, however, suggests that the question orientalism, at least in its common contemporary sense, is usually thought to poseto what degree were.
Richard king examines the way in which notions such as mysticism, religion, hinduism and buddhism are taken for granted. We cannot guarantee that orientalism and the postcolonial predicament book is in the library, but if you are still not sure with the service, you can choose free trial service. These thoroughly researched essays examine the accounts of german travellers to india, the early indological project of friedrich schlegel, the politics and history of the university disciplines of indology and comparative linguistics, the scholarly reception and reaction to the bhagavadgita and buddhism, indologys relation to racial theory, and more. Specifically, indology includes the study of sanskrit literature and hinduism along with the other indian religions, jainism, buddhism, sikhism, and pali literature. For every book you buy from this page, or as a result of a search starting from here, amazon undertakes to make a contribution towards the running of the indology service.
Beyond orientalism the work of wilhelm halbfass and its. Ronald inden is an american indologist, and professor emeritus in the departments of history. Inden 1990 extends edward saids critique of orientalism to india. This book exhibits such traces of academic thrust and parry, especially in the matter of fachlich disputation. Indology or south asian studies is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of india and as such is a subset of asian studies the term indology or in german indologie is often associated with german scholarship, and is used more commonly in departmental titles in german and continental european universities than in the anglophone academy. Investigating the growth of indology the study of east indian texts, literature, and culture and the diffusion of this knowledge about ancient india within. In his highly celebrated but also provoking book orientalism 2, edward said 1935. For a list of more recent publications please follow this link to the new indology bookshop hosted by amazon.
Orientalism and religion offers us a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary postcolonial theory for the study of religion. Mcgetchin is the author of indology, indomania, and orientalism 0. In his extraordinarily influential book orientalism, edward said argued that western knowledge about the orient in the postenlightenment period has been a systematic discourse by which europe was able to manageeven producethe orient politically, sociologically, militarily, ideologically, scientifically, and imaginatively. This volume provides the student with a selection of readings from 19th and 20thcentury debates on orientalism the theory and practice of representing the orient in european thought covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes. Orientalism and german indology 255 superiority, and ii the willingness to recognize racial kinship between european and indian 83. While these are details of the papers selected for publication, details of the entire conference and the various video segments from si1 can be found here. He is currently the arvind raghunathan professor of south asian studies at the department of middle eastern, south asian, and african studies at columbia university. Orientalism and german indology article in international journal of hindu studies 153 december 2011 with 41 reads how we measure reads.
Saids orientalism british indologists were respected, admired and felt. The politics of the chair of indology at german universities in the nineteenth century. By 1903 in germany there were fortyseven professors, including twentysix full professors, of aryan studies, a category that included, as its major component, indology the study of ancient east indian texts, literature, and culture. Covert orientalism, hidden orientalism, ideological orientalism. The german indologist max muller who is very wellknown in india, fair. On sheldon pollocks ns indology and vishwa adluris core. Ancient indias rebirth in modern germany 97816114748. In order to read online or download orientalism and the postcolonial predicament ebooks in pdf, epub, tuebl and mobi format, you need to create a free account. Pollock is a scholar of sanskrit, the intellectual and literary history of india, and comparative intellectual history. A history of german indology 97801999361 by adluri, vishwa and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. The book and its author merited more attention from the press.
Indology is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of the indian subcontinent most specifically the modernday states of india, pakistan, bangladesh, sri lanka, maldives, nepal and the eastern parts of afghanistan, and as such is a subset of asian studies. The hardcover of the indology, indomania, and orientalism. He lost his parents at early age and after his contact with muni devihans, he was interested in jainism. Dravidology is the separate branch dedicated to the dravidian languages of south india. You can read all your books for as long as a month for free and will get the latest books notifications. Click read now pdf download, get it for free, register 100% easily. Interestingly, scholars who use this term do not apply it to edward w. According to said, european and american views of the orient. Said, in which the author developed the idea of orientalism to define the wests historically patronizing representations of the eastthe societies and peoples who inhabit the places of asia, north africa, and the middle east. This book describes how his legacy profoundly affected european response to asian culture.
The prose is choppy, and stylistic conventions are applied. The ongoing debate on the legacies of modern european orientalism has yet to fully consider its italian context. Hindu texts in dravidian languages are considered disciplines in indology. Saids book, orientalism 1978, even though a number of other scholars have observed that in it said was in fact deconstructing the idea of orientalism.
On the other hand, one would have to examine the means german scholars used to set themselves apart from indians. T this essay offers an overview of some of my new work on german cultural engagement with the orient, a region that, for nineteenthcentury europeans, embraced the territory from eastern vienna to the bering straits. This series has been envisioned to counter the 250yearold narrative of western indology, the genre of orientalism that focuses on india. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Swadeshi indology conference series comprise one of the activities of infinity foundation india. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series coming soon kids books new releases teens books this months biggest new releases. As is well known, western indology helped formulate and legitimise the british colonial policies and played a very crucial role in the successful colonisation and oppression of the indian peoples. Indology and comparative linguistics in germany, 17501958, 275. Indology relies on book view and culture and denounces rigorous empirical investigation. Dialogue of civilizations william jones and the orientalists. This is a project shaped in response to edward saids pathbreaking 1978 book orientalism, but one that departs quite radically from his methods and assumptions.
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