Idolatry and the colonial idea of india: visions of horror, allegories of enlightenment
Auteur :
Ganguly, Swagato
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367277932
Date de publication :
28 mars 2019
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
453 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores literary and scholarly representations of India from the 18th to the early 20th centuries in South Asia and the West with idolatry as a point of entry and analyses the clash of thought within religion and paganism, history and literature, oriental thought and western metaphysics.