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Claiming India : French scholars and the preoccupation with India during the nineteenth century

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : SAGE, ©2018.Description: xxxv, 392 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9789352804658
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.031 23 MOH-C
LOC classification:
  • DS435 .M64 2018
Contents:
Introduction: The Last King of France Found...in India? -- India: A Land of Wonders or of Monstrosities? The Writings of Missionaries -- The Sublime Civilization of India: The Pre-occupation of Philosophes -- The Business of Serious Academics: Indology and the Study of India -- The Era of Empiricism and the Rise of Philology -- The Glory of Ancient India Stems from her Aryan Blood: The Development of "Scientific Anthropology" in Relation to India -- Recasting India in French Indology: Hinduism and the Caste System -- Writing Histories, Creating India -- Imperial Showcase: The Visual Presentation of India.
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Books Books IIITD General Stacks History 954.031 MOH-C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 008420
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954.03 PAR-G Gandhi : 954.03 THA-E An era of darkness : 954.031 DAL-L Last Mughal : 954.031 MOH-C Claiming India : 954.031 RUT-E Empire of the Moghul: 954.0317 BAT-M Mutiny at the margins : 954.035 BOS-N The nation as mother and other visions of nationhood

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Last King of France Found...in India? -- India: A Land of Wonders or of Monstrosities? The Writings of Missionaries -- The Sublime Civilization of India: The Pre-occupation of Philosophes -- The Business of Serious Academics: Indology and the Study of India -- The Era of Empiricism and the Rise of Philology -- The Glory of Ancient India Stems from her Aryan Blood: The Development of "Scientific Anthropology" in Relation to India -- Recasting India in French Indology: Hinduism and the Caste System -- Writing Histories, Creating India -- Imperial Showcase: The Visual Presentation of India.

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