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McGetchin, Douglas T.

Indology, Indomania, and orientalism ancient India's rebirth in modern Germany Douglas T. McGetchin - Madison [N.J.] Fairleigh Dickinson University Press c2009 - 291 p. ill. 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-277) and index

Introduction: History is personal -- Prologue: Original attributes, 425 B.C.-A.D. 1765 -- pt. 1. L'age des ombres, 1765-1790s -- A comparison of Indology in England and France -- A foundation : ancient India and the German cultural sphere -- The study of Sanskrit in German universities, 1818-1914 -- Reaching the public -- Indology and Buddhism in fin-de-siáecle Germany -- An Indo-Germanic connection? -- Appendix: Glossary of scholars

ISBN: 978-0-8386-4208-5 (alk. paper) Rs. 3798.00 (hbk)

LCCN: 2009004743

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Indologists--History--Germany
Orientalism--History--Germany
Public opinion--History--Germany

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--Civilization--Indic influences
Germany--Intellectual life
Germany--Relations--India.
India--Civilization--To 1200
India--Foreign public opinion, German
India--Relations--Germany
India--Study and teaching--Germany

LC Class. No.: DS435.8 / .M35 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 934.0072/043