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Subject(s)

• Indian philosophy [Browse]
• Cultural diplomacy [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Related name

• Jonker, Gerdien [Browse]

Series

Palgrave Series in Asian German Studies [More in this series]

Summary note

This book, edited by Isabella Schwaderer and Gerdien Jonker, examines the complex religious and cultural interactions between Germans and Indians from 1800 to 1945. It is part of the Palgrave Series in Asian German Studies, contributing to the growing field of Asian-German studies by exploring the multifaceted ties between Germany and Asian countries. The book delves into various topics such as the influence of Indian philosophy on German religious thought, the role of Indology in shaping new conceptions of Christianity, and the cultural exchanges in dance and music. The book addresses how these interactions have shaped modernity, transcending traditional colonial narratives. It is intended for scholars and readers interested in religious studies, history, and cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia.

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Contents

• Intro
• Note on Transliteration
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Figures
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Interfaces and Entanglements
• The Historical Constellation
• The Religious Field
• The Chapters
• References
• Chapter 2: 'To Read in an Indian Way' (Johann Gottfried Herder): Pre-Emergent Colonial Epistemologies in Indian-German Entanglements, Showcased in Protestant Theology c.1800
• In Search of the Entanglement: German Orientalism, a Specific Understanding of Wissenschaft, and Their Relationship to Colonialism
• Hebrew People as Role Models: Theology in a New Era of Ethnography
• The Old Testament as a Space for the German Colonial Imagination and Johann Gottfried Herder as an Intermediary
• To Read in an Indian Way: The Romanticized Orient
• Interlude: India as Method?
• Summary
• Chapter 3: In Search of Purity: German-Speaking Vegetarians and the Lure of India (1833-1939)
• India and German Vormärz Vegetarianism
• Indian Connections with German Theosophists
• German Buddhists on the Subcontinent
• Aryanism Without Hindus: Mazdaznan
• Völkisch Vegetarianism: Claims to Teutonic Superiority
• German Vegetarians and the Cult of the Ascetic Leader in Weimar Germany
• Contacts with the Indian Independence Movement in the Interwar Period
• Conclusion
• Chapter 4: The Indian Challenge: Indology and New Conceptions of Christianity as 'Religion' at the End of the Nineteenth Century
• The Challenge
• The Antagonism of Religion and Science and the Birth of a New Concept of Religion
• The Problem of Religious History
• India and the 'Religion of the Future'
• Oldenberg's Role in Troeltsch's Philosophy of Religions
• Troeltsch's Reception of Oldenberg's Buddha (1881)
• Troeltsch's Reception of Oldenberg's The Religion of the Veda (1894).
• Summary of Troeltsch's Reception of Oldenberg
• Chapter 5: Death and Transfiguration: Religion and Belonging in Felix Gotthelf's Indian Opera Mahadeva (1910)
• Faith and Modernity: A Difficult Relationship
• A Forgotten Indian Opera
• Mahadeva: The Plot
• Press Reaction
• Schopenhauer, Wagner, and the Redemption Dramas
• Wagner's Share: Mahadeva-A Cosmic Drama About Love, Death, and Salvation
• 'Büßerin in der Hülle des Zauberweibs' (Penitent in the Cloak of the Sorceress): Obsession or Liberation?
• Schopenhauer's Share: Maya, the Will, and Pessimism
• Gotthelf and the Indian Renaissance
• The Role of Religion in National Identity: Some Conclusions
• Chapter 6: The Indian Parsifal: Revisiting Felix Gotthelf's Forgotten Opera Mahadeva
• An Artist's Biography
• The Tail of Wagner's Comet
• The Indian Parsifal
• The Final Threshold
• Conclusion: The Possibility of Revision
• Chapter 7: Modernism in Disguise? Neglected Aspects of the So-Called Revival of a Classical Indian Dance Form
• Previous Research and Open Questions
• Indian Influences on Western Performing Arts
• Developments in India's Performing and Visual Arts
• Earlier and Later 'Revivals' of the South Asian Performing Arts
• Chapter 8: 'The Priestess of Hindu Dance': Leila Sokhey's Repertoire and Its Reception in the Netherlands and Germany (1927-38)
• Indian Debut
• Preparing for the European Stage
• Constructing Continuity
• Artistic Individuality
• Where the Gods Are Nigh: Dutch Reception
• 'Noble Grace in the Highest Perfection': German Reviews
• Chapter 9: Roaming Between East and West: In Search of Religious Ecstasy in the Interwar Period
• Sources and Steps Ahead
• 'A Sea of Ecstasy'
• The Convert Register
• Parallel Experiences.
• The 1880 Generation
• Debating the Future of Religion
• Conclusions
• Chapter 10: Negotiating Germanness with Indian Religious History: Transfers of Academic Knowledge and Notions of völkisch Belief
• Indology, Nazism, and Germanness
• Knowledge of the Other for One's Own Changing Society
• Example of History or Pre-Eminence of 'Life'? Religion, the Social Bond, and the Individual
• The Self-Realization of Life Through a Racist Evaluation of Religious Experience
• Herman Wirth and the 'Arctic Vedas': Constructing Primordial Aryan Experience and Sensational Forms
• The Artist-Philosopher-Prehistorian from Youth Movement to Ahnenerbe Foundation
• How to Draw Religious Knowledge from the Dawn of Mankind: India and Indology as Resources for Human Experience
• How to Pass on Religious Knowledge in Sensational Forms: Readings of the Rising Sun
• Conflicting Evaluations of the Origins at the Conference of the Coffee Magnate
• Chapter 11: Hakenkreuz, Swastika and Crescent: The Religious Factor in Nazi Cultural Politics Regarding India
• Introduction
• The Nazi Network in India
• Cultural Politics as Nazi Propaganda: Deutsche Akademie's India Institute
• Nazism, Hindu Revivalism and Aryanism
• The Gaudiya Order: Krishna Worship and Nazi Propaganda
• Playing the Aryan Card: The Arya Samaj
• Hindu Mahasabha and Nazism
• Buddhist Anti-Colonialism, Aryanism and the Nazis
• Nazi Propaganda and Islamic Nationalism
• The "German Society" of the Aligarh Muslim University
• Decline of Religion Based Propaganda
• Chapter 12: Curating the Fragments of Local Modernities: The Menaka Digital Archive from the Perspective of Ongoing Research
• Building the Archive
• Scholarly Approaches and Focus of Research
• Artistic Research
• Aryan Bodies on Stage.
• Debate on the 'Revival' of Indian Classical Dance
• Some Conclusions
• Glossary
• Index of Names
• Index of Terms.

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ISBN

3-031-40375-4

OCLC

1419057089

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