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The Indo-German identification : reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885 / Robert Cowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cowan, Robert, 1971-
- Series:
- Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture (Unnumbered)
- Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public opinion.
- History.
- Ideals (Philosophy).
- Social aspects.
- Relations.
- Intellectuals.
- National characteristics, German.
- Germany--Civilization--Indic influences.
- Germany.
- Civilization.
- National characteristics, German--History--19th century.
- Intellectuals--Germany--History--19th century.
- Germany--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Intellectual life.
- India--Foreign public opinion, German.
- India.
- Germany--Relations--India.
- India--Relations--Germany.
- Ideals (Philosophy)--Social aspects--Germany--History--19th century.
- Public opinion--Germany--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 225 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction: History is personal
- Prologue: Original attributes, 425 B.C.-A.D. 1765
- pt. 1. L'âge des ombres, 1765-1790s
- As flood waters receded : the Enlightenment on the Indian origins of language and art
- Seeds of romantic Indology : from language to nation
- pt. 2. II. Textual salvation from social degeneration, 1790s-1808
- Hindu predecessors of Christ: Novalis's Shakuntala
- Reconcilable indifferences : Schelling and the Gitagovinda
- Fear of infinity : Friedrich Schlegel's indictment of Indian religion
- pt. 3. III. Alternate idealizations, 1807-1885
- Hegel's critique of "those plant-like beings"
- Schopenhauer's justification for good
- Nietzsche's inability to escape from Schopenhauer's South Asian sources
- Epilogue: Destinies reconsidered, 1885-2004
- Conclusion: The intersection of the personal, the philosophical, and the political.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. 2006--CUNY Graduate Center) under title The Indo-Germans : an Aryan romance.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781571134639
- 1571134638
- OCLC:
- 502045761
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