Format:
1 Online-Ressource (272 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781443812085
Content:
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
Note:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781443801928
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Germana, Nicholas A. The Orient of Europe Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publ., 2009 ISBN 1443801925
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781443801928
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Deutschland
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Nationalbewusstsein
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Indienbild
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Geschichte 1770-1830
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
