Max Muller and the theosophists or the other half of victorian orientalism
Résumé
It has become commonplace to consider orientalism as a particularly spectacular
form of cultural imperialism. Edward Said's work dealt more specifically with the
Middle East (Said, 1978) but his theses were extended to India, especially by Ronald
Inden (1990). However, as David Ludden remarked, we must first clarify the
meaning and the scope of the term “orientalism” (LUDDEN, 1994, pg. 252). This
question is particularly important for the period I’m dealing with. Indeed, one of the
remarkable features of Indian orientalism in the nineteenth and the early decades of the
twentieth century is that Edward Said’s definitions cannot account for it.
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