Orientalism, Empire and National Culture

Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgements A Note on TransliterationIntroduction Histories of Empire, Histories of Knowledge 1. Orientalism and the Writing of World History 2. Sanskrit Erudition and Forms of Legitimacy 3. An Empire if the Understanding 4. Enlisting Sanskrit on the Side of Progress 5. On Language and Translation 6. Pandits, Sanskrit Learning, and Europes New Knowledge Afterword Sanskrit, Authority, ational Culture Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgements A Note on TransliterationIntroduction Histories of Empire, Histories of Knowledge 1. Orientalism and the Writing of World History 2. Sanskrit Erudition and Forms of Legitimacy 3. An Empire if the Understanding 4. Enlisting Sanskrit on the Side of Progress 5. On Language and Translation 6. Pandits, Sanskrit Learning, and Europes New Knowledge Afterword Sanskrit, Authority, ational Culture Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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