British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance
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British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance

The Dynamics of Indian Modernization 1773-1835

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British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance

The Dynamics of Indian Modernization 1773-1835

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Year
2023
ISBN
9780520317178
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I. The Birth of British Orientalism 1773-1800
  5. I. The cultural policy of warren hastings
  6. II. The orientalist in search of a golden age
  7. Part II. The Establishment of an Orientalist Training Center 1800-1805
  8. III. Wellesley’s “Oxford of the east”
  9. IV. Recruitment of a faculty
  10. Part III. The College of Fort William and the Bengal Renaissance 1800-1813
  11. V. The college as pivot of an institutional complex
  12. VI. The college as a center for linguistic modernization and literary revival
  13. VII. The students at the college: indianization and intellectual development
  14. VIII. The college environment and the emergence of a modern intelligentsia in Bengal
  15. Part IV. The Evangelical Challenge in London and the Orientalist Response in Calcutta 1800-1827
  16. IX. Evangelical anti-hinduism and the polarization of cultural policy for India
  17. X. Marquess Hastings's response in Calcutta: orientalist renaissance as a popular culture ideal
  18. XI. The new frontiers of orientalist scholarship under H.H. Wilson
  19. XII. The transmission of orientalist ideals and the intellectual awakening of the Calcutta intelligentsia
  20. Part V. Macaulayism and the Decline and Fall of the Orientalist Movement 1828-1835
  21. XIII. A return to the exile mentality and the dissolution of the college of fort William
  22. XIV. Macaulayism and the defeat of the orientalists
  23. XV. Macaulayism and the Bengali intelligentsia: the seeds of ambivalence and the beginnings of Indian nationalism
  24. Part VI. Conclusion
  25. XVI. The quest for new perspectives on the encounter of civilizations
  26. Bibliography
  27. Index