The Indo-German identification : reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885 / Robert Cowan.

Author
Cowan, Robert, 1971- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2010.
Description
x, 225 p. ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture [More in this series]
    Notes
    Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. 2006--CUNY Graduate Center) under title The Indo-Germans : an Aryan romance.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 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.
    ISBN
    • 9781571134639 (alk. paper)
    • 1571134638 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2010002834
    OCLC
    502045761
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