India in early modern English travel writings : protestantism, enlightenment, and toleration / by Rita Banerjee.

Author
Banerjee, Rita [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
Description
x, 275 pages : illustrations, 2 maps ; 25 cm.

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    Series
    • Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 226. [More in this series]
    • Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, 1573-4188 ; volume 226
    Summary note
    "Comparing the variant ideologies of the representations of India in seventeenth-century European travelogues, India in Early Modern English Travel Narratives concerns a relatively neglected area of study and often overlooked writers. Relating the narratives to contemporary ideas and beliefs, Rita Banerjee argues that travelwriters, many of them avid Protestants, seek to negativize India by constructing her in opposition to Europe, the supposed norm, by deliberately erasing affinities and indulging in the politics of disavowal. However, some travelogues show a neutral stance by dispassionate ethnographic reporting, indicating a growing empirical trend. Yet others, influenced by the Enlightenment ideas of diversity, demonstrate tolerance of alien practices and, occasionally, acceptance of the superior rationality of the other's customs"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • (from table of contents) Introduction
    • The travel writers: audience, ideology, and class
    • The Mughal court over the years: riches, festivities, law, and governance
    • India: a seventeenth-century trading destination
    • Reason and religion during the Enlightenment in England: scientific enquiry, deism, and toleration
    • Religion, society, and customs in India
    • Women in India: the "sati" and the harem
    • European historiography and Mughal reign
    • Conclusion: Constructing selves and others.
    ISBN
    • 9789004420960 (hardcover ; : acid-free paper)
    • 9004420967 (hardcover ; : acid-free paper)
    LCCN
    2021027129
    OCLC
    1262688102
    Other standard number
    • 40030697642
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