The Language of Disenchantment

The Language of Disenchantment

Author: Robert A. Yelle

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0199924996

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The Language of Disenchantment explores how Protestant ideas about language inspired British colonial critiques of Hindu mythological, ritual, linguistic, and legal traditions.


The Making of Western Indology

The Making of Western Indology

Author: Rosane Rocher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1317579178

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Drawing on new sources, this book evaluates the importance of Henry Thomas Colebrooke, an East India Company civil servant who became the father of modern Indology. Written by renowned academics in the field of Indology, and drawing on new sources, this book shows how he embodies the significant passage from eighteenth century colonial expansion, to the professional, transnational ethos of nineteenth century intellectual life and scholarly enquiry.