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100	1		_aCowan,Robert,
245	1	4	_aThe Indo-German identification: reconciling South Asian origins and European destinies, 1765-1885/ _cRobert Cowan.
260			_aRochester, N.Y. : _bCamden House, _c2010.
300			_ax, 225 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D. 2006--CUNY Graduate Center) under title The Indo-Germans : an Aryan romance.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-218) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: History is personal -- Prologue: Original attributes, 425 B.C.-A.D. 1765 -- pt. 1. L'âge des ombres, 1765-1790s -- As flood waters receded : the Enlightenment on the Indian origins of language and art -- Seeds of romantic Indology : from language to nation -- pt. 2. II. Textual salvation from social degeneration, 1790s-1808 -- Hindu predecessors of Christ: Novalis's Shakuntala -- Reconcilable indifferences : Schelling and the Gitagovinda -- Fear of infinity : Friedrich Schlegel's indictment of Indian religion -- pt. 3. III. Alternate idealizations, 1807-1885 -- Hegel's critique of "those plant-like beings" -- Schopenhauer's justification for good -- Nietzsche's inability to escape from Schopenhauer's South Asian sources -- Epilogue: Destinies reconsidered, 1885-2004 -- Conclusion: The intersection of the personal, the philosophical, and the political.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, German _xHistory
650		0	_aPublic opinion _zGermany _xHistory
651		0	_aGermany _xCivilization _xIndic influences.
651		0	_aGermany _xIntellectual life
651		0	_aIndia _xForeign public opinion, German.
651		0	_aGermany _xRelations _zIndia.
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