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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1. Verfasser: Ahmed, Siraj Dean (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503604049
1503604047
0804785295
9780804785297
9781503604025
1503604020

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