German nationalism and Indian political thought : the influence of ancient Indian philosophy on the German Romantics /
This book examines the influence of Indian socio-political thought, ideas, and culture on German Romantic nationalism. It suggests that, contrary to the traditional view that the concepts of nationalism have moved exclusively from the West to the rest of the world, in the crucial case of German nati...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Intersections (London, England)
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Table of Contents:
- The Romantic Germanization (Verdeutschung) of the Indian Heritage
- Britain's Discovery of India: The Colonial Rulers and Their Fact Finding Team
- The German Indian Renaissance and its Historical Roots
- Friedrich Schlegel: Indology as the Key to the National and Religious History of the World
- Otmar Frank: A Breakthrough to the Alleged Iranian Indian Roots of the Germans
- Joseph Goerres: The Orient as the Source of the Urreligion and of the Staende-based German Weltstaat
- Schopenhauer: The India Rooted "Wisdom of All Ages" vs. the Bible Based Monotheism
- Epilogue.