The Indo-German identification: reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885/ Robert Cowan.
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TextPublication details: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2010Description: x, 225 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781571134639 (alk. paper); 1571134638 (alk. paper)Subject(s): National characteristics, German -- History | Public opinion -- Germany -- History | Germany -- Civilization -- Indic influences | Germany -- Intellectual life | India -- Foreign public opinion, German | Germany -- Relations -- IndiaDDC classification: 305.831009034 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 305.831009034 COW/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P17780 |
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.
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