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BL
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995567
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b749937
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Cowan, Robert,1971-
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| Title & Author
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The Indo-German identification : : reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885 /\ Robert Cowan.
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| Publication Statement
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Rochester, N.Y. :: Camden House,, 2010.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
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1 online resource (x, 225 pages).
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| ISBN
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1571137173
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: 9781571137173
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1571134638
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9781571134639
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-218) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: History is personal -- Prologue: Original attributes, 425 B.C.-A.D. 1765 -- pt. 1. L'âge des ombres, 1765-1790s -- As flood waters receded : the Enlightenment on the Indian origins of language and art -- Seeds of romantic Indology : from language to nation -- pt. 2. II. Textual salvation from social degeneration, 1790s-1808 -- Hindu predecessors of Christ: Novalis's Shakuntala -- Reconcilable indifferences : Schelling and the Gitagovinda -- Fear of infinity : Friedrich Schlegel's indictment of Indian religion -- pt. 3. III. Alternate idealizations, 1807-1885 -- Hegel's critique of "those plant-like beings" -- Schopenhauer's justification for good -- Nietzsche's inability to escape from Schopenhauer's South Asian sources -- Epilogue: Destinies reconsidered, 1885-2004 -- Conclusion: The intersection of the personal, the philosophical, and the political.
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Ideals (Philosophy)-- Social aspects-- Germany-- History-- 19th century.
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Intellectuals-- Germany-- History-- 19th century.
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National characteristics, German-- History-- 19th century.
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Public opinion-- Germany-- History-- 19th century.
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Civilization-- Indic influences.
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Intellectual life.
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Intellectuals.
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International relations.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- German.
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National characteristics, German.
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Public opinion, German.
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Public opinion.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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Germany, Civilization, Indic influences.
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Germany, Intellectual life, 19th century.
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Germany, Relations, India.
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India, Foreign public opinion, German.
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India, Relations, Germany.
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Germany.
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India.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.83/1009034
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| LC Classification
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DD61.8.C69 2010eb
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