Claiming India : French scholars and the preoccupation with India in the nineteenth century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mohan, Jyoti (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd, [2018]
Subjects:	India > Civilization > Historiography. India > Civilization > Study and teaching > France > History > 19th century. France > Colonies > India > History > 19th century. Postcolonialism > India > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

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.