Robert B. Cowan The Indo-German Identification

Reconciling South Asian Origins and European Destinies, 1765-1885
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-57113-717-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 86, 236 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

The nineteenth-century development -- and later consequences -- of the imagined relationship between ancient India and modern German culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robert B. Cowan, Robert B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: History Is Personal
Prologue: Original Attributes, 425 B.C.-A.D. 1765
As Flood Waters Receded: The Enlightenment on the Indian Origins of the Arts and Sciences
Seeds of Romantic Indology: From Language to Nation
Hindu Predecessors of Christ: Novalis's Shakuntala
Reconcilable Indifferences: Schelling and the Gitagovinda
Fear of Infinity: Friedrich Schlegel's Indictment of Indian Religion
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
Bibliography
Index