Claiming India :
Mohan, Jyoti,
Claiming India : French scholars and the preoccupation with India in the nineteenth century / Jyoti Mohan. - New Delhi Sage Publications 2018 - xxxv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-387) and index.
Introduction: The Last King of France Found...in India? -- India: A Land of Wonders or of Monstrosities? The Writings of Missionaries -- The Sublime Civilization of India: The Pre-occupation of Philosophes -- The Business of Serious Academics: Indology and the Study of India -- The Era of Empiricism and the Rise of Philology -- The Glory of Ancient India Stems from her Aryan Blood: The Development of "Scientific Anthropology" in Relation to India -- Recasting India in French Indology: Hinduism and the Caste System -- Writing Histories, Creating India -- Imperial Showcase: The Visual Presentation of India.
9789352804658 (print (hb) : alk. paper)
2017046534
History India
Postcolonialism--History--India--19th century.
India--Civilization--Historiography.
India--Civilization--Study and teaching--History--France--19th century.
France--Colonies--History--India--19th century.
954.031/MOH
Claiming India : French scholars and the preoccupation with India in the nineteenth century / Jyoti Mohan. - New Delhi Sage Publications 2018 - xxxv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-387) and index.
Introduction: The Last King of France Found...in India? -- India: A Land of Wonders or of Monstrosities? The Writings of Missionaries -- The Sublime Civilization of India: The Pre-occupation of Philosophes -- The Business of Serious Academics: Indology and the Study of India -- The Era of Empiricism and the Rise of Philology -- The Glory of Ancient India Stems from her Aryan Blood: The Development of "Scientific Anthropology" in Relation to India -- Recasting India in French Indology: Hinduism and the Caste System -- Writing Histories, Creating India -- Imperial Showcase: The Visual Presentation of India.
9789352804658 (print (hb) : alk. paper)
2017046534
History India
Postcolonialism--History--India--19th century.
India--Civilization--Historiography.
India--Civilization--Study and teaching--History--France--19th century.
France--Colonies--History--India--19th century.
954.031/MOH