Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture: India, 1770-1880

by Michael S. Dodson

Introduction: Histories of Empire, Histories of Knowledge Orientalism and the Writing of World History Sanskrit Erudition and Forms of Legitimacy An Empire of the Understanding Enlisting Sanskrit on the Side of Progress On Language and Translation Pandits, Sanskrit Learning, and Europe's 'New Knowledge' Afterword: Sanskrit, Authority, National Culture

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403986452
• ISBN13: 9781403986450
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"