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
978-0-8386-4208-5 (alk. paper) Rs. 3798.00 (hbk)
2009004743
Indologists--History--Germany Orientalism--History--Germany Public opinion--History--Germany
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