Claiming India : French scholars and the preoccupation with India in the nineteenth century /
Material type: TextPublisher: Los Angeles ; London ; New Delhi : SAGE |YODA Press [2018]Description: xxxv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789352804658
- 954.03/1 23
- DS435 .M64 2018
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-387) 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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