Archaeology of Babel :: the colonial foundation of the humanities /
This book locates the origins of the modern humanities in the philological practices of late 18th-century British scholars in colonial India, offering a radical reappraisal of a range of disciplines and excavating hiddenpre-colonial practices that might well help the humanities move beyond their cur...
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| Summary: | This book locates the origins of the modern humanities in the philological practices of late 18th-century British scholars in colonial India, offering a radical reappraisal of a range of disciplines and excavating hiddenpre-colonial practices that might well help the humanities move beyond their current methodological and political impasses. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781503604049 1503604047 0804785295 9780804785297 9781503604025 1503604020 |
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| contents | The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- Aryanism, Ursprache, "Literature" -- Colonialism and Comparatism -- Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- The Colonial Grammar of "Literature" -- From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- The Passions of Literature : Hafiz, 1771 A.D. -- Nietzsche and "World Literature" -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life : Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- The Colonial Rule of Law -- The Imperial Institution of Shari'a -- Shari'a from Colonialism to Islamism -- Shari'a from the Qur'ān to Colonialism -- State Models and War Machines I : The Mu'allaqāt, 1782 A.D. -- State Models and War Machines II : The Mu'allaqāt, 550 A.D. -- From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism : The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D. -- The Idea of Indo-European Civilization : Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D. -- The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D. to 1400 B.C. -- The Sovereign and the Earth : Śakuntalā, 415 A.D. to 400 B.C. -- The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- Philology-Colonial Law-Emergency -- The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless. |
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| spelling | Ahmed, Siraj Dean, author. Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / Siraj Ahmed. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018] 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : The Colonial History of Comparative Method -- The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- Aryanism, Ursprache, "Literature" -- Colonialism and Comparatism -- Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- First Stratum : The Persian Imperium and Hafiz, 1771 A.D.-1390 A.D. -- The Colonial Grammar of "Literature" -- From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- The Passions of Literature : Hafiz, 1771 A.D. -- Nietzsche and "World Literature" -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life : Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- Second stratum : the immanent : sharia and the Muallaqāt, 1782 A.D.-550 A.D. -- The Colonial Rule of Law -- The Imperial Institution of Shari'a -- Shari'a from Colonialism to Islamism -- Shari'a from the Qur'ān to Colonialism -- State Models and War Machines I : The Mu'allaqāt, 1782 A.D. -- State Models and War Machines II : The Mu'allaqāt, 550 A.D. -- Third stratum : the originary : the Dharma and Ṣakuntalā, 1794 A.D.-1400 B.C. -- From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism : The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D. -- The Idea of Indo-European Civilization : Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D. -- The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D. to 1400 B.C. -- The Sovereign and the Earth : Śakuntalā, 415 A.D. to 400 B.C. -- Conclusion : genealogies of emergency -- The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- Philology-Colonial Law-Emergency -- The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless. This book locates the origins of the modern humanities in the philological practices of late 18th-century British scholars in colonial India, offering a radical reappraisal of a range of disciplines and excavating hiddenpre-colonial practices that might well help the humanities move beyond their current methodological and political impasses. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 03, 2018). In English. Imperialism and philology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017003669 Philology Political aspects History. Humanities Methodology History. Literature History and criticism Theory, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077521 Impérialisme et philologie. Philologie Aspect politique Histoire. Littérature Histoire et critique Théorie, etc. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Study & Teaching. bisacsh Humanities Methodology fast Imperialism and philology fast Literature Theory, etc. fast Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast History fast has work: Archaeology of Babel (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGvVJPhVhRPGDFGBMcw4hd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Ahmed, Siraj Dean. Archaeology of Babel. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2017 9780804785297 (DLC) 2017028137 |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed, Siraj Dean Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- Aryanism, Ursprache, "Literature" -- Colonialism and Comparatism -- Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- The Colonial Grammar of "Literature" -- From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- The Passions of Literature : Hafiz, 1771 A.D. -- Nietzsche and "World Literature" -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life : Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- The Colonial Rule of Law -- The Imperial Institution of Shari'a -- Shari'a from Colonialism to Islamism -- Shari'a from the Qur'ān to Colonialism -- State Models and War Machines I : The Mu'allaqāt, 1782 A.D. -- State Models and War Machines II : The Mu'allaqāt, 550 A.D. -- From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism : The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D. -- The Idea of Indo-European Civilization : Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D. -- The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D. to 1400 B.C. -- The Sovereign and the Earth : Śakuntalā, 415 A.D. to 400 B.C. -- The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- Philology-Colonial Law-Emergency -- The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless. Imperialism and philology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017003669 Philology Political aspects History. Humanities Methodology History. Literature History and criticism Theory, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077521 Impérialisme et philologie. Philologie Aspect politique Histoire. Littérature Histoire et critique Théorie, etc. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Study & Teaching. bisacsh Humanities Methodology fast Imperialism and philology fast Literature Theory, etc. fast |
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| title | Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / |
| title_alt | The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- Aryanism, Ursprache, "Literature" -- Colonialism and Comparatism -- Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- The Colonial Grammar of "Literature" -- From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- The Passions of Literature : Hafiz, 1771 A.D. -- Nietzsche and "World Literature" -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life : Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- The Colonial Rule of Law -- The Imperial Institution of Shari'a -- Shari'a from Colonialism to Islamism -- Shari'a from the Qur'ān to Colonialism -- State Models and War Machines I : The Mu'allaqāt, 1782 A.D. -- State Models and War Machines II : The Mu'allaqāt, 550 A.D. -- From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism : The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D. -- The Idea of Indo-European Civilization : Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D. -- The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D. to 1400 B.C. -- The Sovereign and the Earth : Śakuntalā, 415 A.D. to 400 B.C. -- The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- Philology-Colonial Law-Emergency -- The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless. |
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| title_full | Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / Siraj Ahmed. |
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| topic | Imperialism and philology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017003669 Philology Political aspects History. Humanities Methodology History. Literature History and criticism Theory, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077521 Impérialisme et philologie. Philologie Aspect politique Histoire. Littérature Histoire et critique Théorie, etc. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Study & Teaching. bisacsh Humanities Methodology fast Imperialism and philology fast Literature Theory, etc. fast |
| topic_facet | Imperialism and philology. Philology Political aspects History. Humanities Methodology History. Literature History and criticism Theory, etc. Impérialisme et philologie. Philologie Aspect politique Histoire. Littérature Histoire et critique Théorie, etc. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Study & Teaching. Humanities Methodology Imperialism and philology Literature Theory, etc. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History |
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