Orientalism and Race: Aryanism in the British EmpireThis study traces the emergence and dissemination of Aryanism within the British Empire. The idea of an Aryan race became an important feature of imperial culture in the nineteenth century, feeding into debates in Britain, Ireland, India, and the Pacific. The global reach of the Aryan idea reflected the complex networks that enabled the global reach of British Imperialism. Tony Ballantyne charts the shifting meanings of Aryanism within these 'webs' of Empire. |
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... Max Müller and the Aryan theory Aryans, India and 1857 Aryanism as an ethnological tool Regional variation and the limits of racialization: Punjab Conclusion 2 Indocentrism on the New Zealand Frontier: Geographies of Race, Empire and ...
... Max Müller and the Aryan theory Aryans, India and 1857 Aryanism as an ethnological tool Regional variation and the limits of racialization: Punjab Conclusion 2 Indocentrism on the New Zealand Frontier: Geographies of Race, Empire and ...
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... Max Müller. Max Müller, whose Company-sponsored translation of the Vedas (six volumes, 1849–74) marked a pivotal point in the reconfiguration of understandings of religion and ancient history, was the most influential Victorian ...
... Max Müller. Max Müller, whose Company-sponsored translation of the Vedas (six volumes, 1849–74) marked a pivotal point in the reconfiguration of understandings of religion and ancient history, was the most influential Victorian ...
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... Max Müller's edition of the Rig Veda), that were to be found in most significant nineteenth-century athenaeums, learned societies and university libraries. Thus, at one level, we might see the global influence of Orientalism as a ...
... Max Müller's edition of the Rig Veda), that were to be found in most significant nineteenth-century athenaeums, learned societies and university libraries. Thus, at one level, we might see the global influence of Orientalism as a ...
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... Max Müller himself. In turn, Elsdon Best and Percy Smith, the founding members of the Polynesian Society and important figures in Peal's network, themselves occupied Introduction 15.
... Max Müller himself. In turn, Elsdon Best and Percy Smith, the founding members of the Polynesian Society and important figures in Peal's network, themselves occupied Introduction 15.
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... Max Müller. It is necessary to balance this recognition of Britain's position as an imperial power that was able to fashion a global empire with an awareness of the ability of administrators, missionaries, settlers and indigenous groups ...
... Max Müller. It is necessary to balance this recognition of Britain's position as an imperial power that was able to fashion a global empire with an awareness of the ability of administrators, missionaries, settlers and indigenous groups ...
Contents
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Geographies of Race Empire and Nation | 56 |
from Tahiti to the Tat Khalsa | 83 |
Indocentrism and the Interpretation of Maori Religion | 118 |
5 Print Literacy and the Recasting of Maori Identities | 146 |
Hindu Identities in the Late Nineteenth Century | 169 |
Knowledge Empire Globalization | 188 |
Notes | 197 |
Bibliography | 235 |
Index | 256 |
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