Scholarly personae in the history of Orientalism, 1870-1930 / edited by Christiaan Engberts, Herman Paul.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Engberts, Christiaan, editor.

Paul, Herman, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orientalism--History.

Orientalism.

East and West.

Middle East specialists--Biography.

Middle East specialists.

East Asia specialists--Biography.

East Asia specialists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

This volume examines how the history of the humanities might be written through the prism of scholarly personae, understood as time- and place-specific models of being a scholar. Focusing on the field of study known as Orientalism in the decades around 1900, this volume examines how Semitists, Sinologists, and Japanologists, among others, conceived of their scholarly tasks, what sort of demands these job descriptions made on the scholar in terms of habits, virtues, and skills, and how models of being an orientalist changed over time under influence of new research methods, cross-cultural encounters, and political transformations. Contributors are: Tim Barrett, Christiaan Engberts, Holger Gzella, Hans Martin Krämer, Arie L. Molendijk, Herman Paul, Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn and Henning Trüper.

Contents:

Front Matter

Acknowledgments

Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930 / Herman Paul

The Prussian Professor as a Paradigm / Holger Gzella

Multiple Personae / Arie L. Molendijk

Epistemic Vice / Henning Trüper

German Indology Challenged / Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn

Herbert Giles as Reviewer / T. H. Barrett

Orientalism and the Study of Lived Religions / Hans Martin Krämer

Orientalists at War / Christiaan Engberts

Back Matter

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-40631-X

OCLC:

1096230540

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004406315 DOI