When pollock set out in 198889 to theorize german indology, it. He has presented more than a dozen papers at academic conferences in north america, europe, and south asia, including harvard university, humboldt university, heidelberg universitys south asia institute, and the max mueller bhavan in new delhi, india. Yet if orientalism provided the vocabulary, the conceptual repertoire, the techniquesfor this is what, from the end of the eighteenth century on, orientalism did and what orientalism wasit also retained, as an undislodged current in its discourse, a reconstructed religious impulse, a naturalized. Welcome to friendly what are you looking for book orientalism and religion. Both of them have some commonalities and differences.
This dynamism of indology is the outcome of a long process of application of western romantic thought to the indian state, society and politics in imperial and colonial perspective. Pdf the concept of orientalism has been widely dealt with in the humanities and social sciences. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. In his book orientalism, edward said addresses the idea that the way the orient has and still is pictured and understood by the west is not only diminishing but closer to mythology than reality. Orientalism and the institution of world literatures.
Early and contemporary constructions of islam and the. Edward said may omit the german tradition from his groundbreaking study of orientalism 1978, but it is clearly appropriate to describe nietzsche as orientalist in outlook. He is currently the arvind raghunathan professor of south asian studies at the department of middle eastern, south asian, and african studies at columbia university. Indology or south asian studies is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of india and as such is a subset of asian studies. Philosophy, orientalism, indology at johannes gutenberguniversitat, mainz.
Without ever having left western europe, or even having read very widely. Saids orientalism british indologists were respected, admired and felt. T this essay offers an overview of some of my new work on german cultural engagement with the orient, a region that, for nineteenthcentury europeans, embraced the territory from eastern vienna to the bering straits. For someone who is so directly and negatively affected by western perceptions of the arab world and the orient altogether, his analysis is a fairly objective and sophisticated view of orientalism. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. File history click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. Mcgetchin is the author of indology, indomania, and orientalism 0. While these are details of the papers selected for publication, details of the entire conference and the various video segments from si1 can be found here. Papers preprint versions a4 format are made available here. Pollock is a scholar of sanskrit, the intellectual and literary history of india, and comparative intellectual history. Coalescing the romance of antiquity, literature, orient and.
Investigating the growth of indology the study of east indian texts, literature, and culture and the diffusion of this knowledge about ancient india within nineteenthcentury germany, this work contextualizes approaches to contact by historically grounding them in a contemporary history of german culture, education, and science. Project muse promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with. In his highly celebrated but also provoking book orientalism 2, edward said 1935. Anyone who teaches, writes about, or researches the. For profile indology with focus on sanskrit or tamil studies.
It was edward said 19352003 an american professor at columbia universitywhocalledthebluffoftheeuropeaninterestinstudying eastern culture and civilization in his book orientalism1978 by. But indology unlike perhaps the alreadyghosted orientalism e. Managing director of the schopenhauersociety registered association since 2000 member of the directorate of the international philipp mainlaender society registered association since 2005. The case of german indology, a dominant form of european orientalism, leads us to ask whether orientalism cannot be as powerfully. Indology and comparative linguistics in germany, 17501958, 275. Orientalism and india 3 the hegemonic discourse of orientalism orientalism, for said, is a kind of western projection onto and will to govern over. Investigating the growth of indology the study of east indian texts, literature, and culture and the diffusion of this knowledge about ancient india within. Indology or indian studies is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of india and as such is a subset of asian studies the term indology in german indologie is often associated with german scholarship, and is used more commonly in departmental titles in german and continental european universities than in the anglophone academy.
On sheldon pollocks ns indology and vishwa adluris core. Indology and orientalism within indology there is the bifurcation of two studies. This is a project shaped in response to edward saids pathbreaking 1978 book orientalism, but one that departs quite radically from his methods and assumptions. Pdf german orientalism and the decline of the west. Indology is a sympathetic and positive picture of non european society of the east including indian society and culture. Ancient indias rebirth in modern germany 97816114748 by mcgetchin, douglas t. The term orientalist as used here requires some explanation. Saids orientalism offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Swadeshi indology conference series comprise one of the activities of infinity foundation india. Duncan large nietzsches orientalism columbia law school. In his introduction to the term orientalism, edward said.
This essay is critical of indology and the related disciplines in the social sciences. Antiislamic orientalism, blatant orientalism, hard orientalism, ideological orientalism, islamic orientalism, saidian orientalism. Philosophy, orientalism, indology at ohannes utenberg. Indology definition is the study of india and its people. Swadeshi indology rajiv malhotra infinity foundation. Proceedings of the american philosophical society 145. That is indology or indic studies and oriental studies.
Buy indology, indomania, and orientalism by douglas t. This series has been envisioned to counter the 250yearold narrative of western indology, the genre of orientalism that focuses on india. Orientalism and german indology 257 his 1993 article, pollock had set the stage for radically rethinking these scholarly dogmas on india. Here i come to the third meaning of orientalism, which is something more historically and materially defined than either of the other two. Such scholarship also inspired broader intellectual and artistic circles. Dogmatic orientalism is thus taken to be the orientalism described by edward w. Martin hribek, charles university in prague the concept of orientalism has received. Having genetic origin from orientalism, indology emerged pregnant with its thematic assumptions, techniques.
The politics of the chair of indology at german universities in the nineteenth century. They have failed to counteritonanysignificantscale. The orientalists were the dominant faction in the indology of this time. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase. When pollock set out in 198889 to theorize german indology, it was his declared ambition to adapt the theoretical premises of edward. Click read now pdf download, get it for free, register 100% easily. Raymond schwabs fine study before even said jumped on to the. Indology and comparative linguistics in germany, 17501958 d. Email citation brief introduction to some names and movements in german orientalism, but not specific to indology. Orientalism is a constant one, and since the late eighteenth century there has been a considerable, quite disciplinedperhaps even regulatedtraffic between the two. Orientalism, western scholarly discipline of the 18th and 19th centuries that encompassed the study of the languages, literatures, religions, philosophies, histories, art, and laws of asian societies, especially ancient ones. The most readily accepted designation for orientalism is an academic one, and indeed the label still serves in a number of academic institutions. You can read all your books for as long as a month for free and will get the latest books notifications.
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