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Author Germana, Nicholas A

Title The Orient of Europe : the mythical image of India and competing images of German national identity / by Nicholas A. Germana
Published Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages)
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary August Wilhelm Schlegel proclaimed that "[i]f the regeneration of the human species started in the East, Germany must be considered the Orient of Europe." How can this remarkable identification of Germany with the subjugated oriental 'other' be explained? In The Orient of Europe, Nicholas A. Germana explores how German thinkers, especially those associated with the Early Romantic movement, set India up as an "ideal mirror," in which they could perceive the image of the Germany they longed f ..
Analysis Germany Civilization 19th century
Germany Civilization Indic influences
Germany Intellectual life 19th century
Orientalism Germany
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Orientalism -- Germany
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
European history.
Nationalism.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Civilization
Civilization -- Indic influences
Intellectual life
Orientalism
Nationalbewusstsein
Indienbild
Nationale identiteit.
Duits.
Oriëntalisme.
Romantiek.
Nationalbewusstsein.
Indienbild.
Orientalism -- Germany
Orientalism -- Tyskland.
SUBJECT Germany -- Civilization -- Indic influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054485
Germany -- Civilization -- 19th century
Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054609
Subject Germany
Deutschland
India.
Deutschland.
Germany -- Civilization -- Italian influences
Germany -- Civilization -- 19th century
Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Tyskland -- intellektuellt liv -- 1800-talet.
Tyskland -- kultur- och samhällsliv -- indiska influenser.
Tyskland -- kultur- och samhällsliv -- 1800-talet.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009396999
ISBN 9781443812085
1443812080