The Indo-German identification: reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885/
Cowan,Robert,
The Indo-German identification: reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885/ Robert Cowan. - Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2010. - x, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. 2006--CUNY Graduate Center) under title The Indo-Germans : an Aryan romance.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-218) and index.
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.
9781571134639 (alk. paper) 1571134638 (alk. paper)
National characteristics, German--History
Public opinion--History--Germany
Germany--Civilization--Indic influences.
Germany--Intellectual life
India--Foreign public opinion, German.
Germany--Relations--India.
305.831009034 / COW/T
The Indo-German identification: reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885/ Robert Cowan. - Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2010. - x, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. 2006--CUNY Graduate Center) under title The Indo-Germans : an Aryan romance.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-218) and index.
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.
9781571134639 (alk. paper) 1571134638 (alk. paper)
National characteristics, German--History
Public opinion--History--Germany
Germany--Civilization--Indic influences.
Germany--Intellectual life
India--Foreign public opinion, German.
Germany--Relations--India.
305.831009034 / COW/T