Religion, Enlightenment and Empire: British Interpretations of Hinduism in the Eighteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9781316510636 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 368 str.

Jessica Patterson

Opis

Explores British interpretations of Hinduism at a crucial period in the East India Company's conquest of Bengal.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Religion, Enlightenment and Empire: 1. European Letters, the Company and Hinduism; 2. John Zephaniah Holwell and the Religion of the Gentoos; 3. Alexander Dow and the Hindoo Shasters; 4. Enlightenment and Empire; Part II. From Scepticism to Orientalism: 5. Nathaniel Brassey Halhed and Gentoo Antiquity; 6. Charles Wilkins and the Gēētā; 7. William Jones, Vedānta and the 'Permanent Settlement'; Conclusion.