Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / / Siraj Ahmed
| Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / / Siraj Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Siraj Dean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Disciplina | 407 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism and philology
Philology - Political aspects - History Humanities - Methodology - History Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-5036-0404-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1. The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- 2. The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- 3. Aryanism, Ursprache, “Literature” -- 4. Colonialism and Comparatism -- 5. Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- 1. The Colonial Grammar of “Literature” -- 2. From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- 3. The Passions of Literature: Hafiz, 1771 A.D.-- 4. Nietzsche and “World Literature” -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life: Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- 1. The Colonial Rule of Law -- 2. The Imperial Institution of Shari‘a -- 3. Shari‘a from Colonialism to Islamism -- 4. Shari‘a from the Qur’ān to Colonialism -- 5. State Models and War Machines I: The Mu‘allaqāt, 1782 A.D -- 6. State Models and War Machines II: The Mu‘allaqāt, 550 A.D-- 1. From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism: The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D -- 2. The Idea of Indo-European Civilization: Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D-- 3. The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D to 1400 B.C. -- 4. The Sovereign and the Earth: Śakuntalā, 415 A.D to 400 B.C. -- 1. The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- 2. Philology—Colonial Law—Emergency -- 3. The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466487103321 |
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / / Siraj Ahmed
| Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / / Siraj Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Siraj Dean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Disciplina | 407 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism and philology
Philology - Political aspects - History Humanities - Methodology - History Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
| ISBN | 1-5036-0404-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1. The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- 2. The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- 3. Aryanism, Ursprache, “Literature” -- 4. Colonialism and Comparatism -- 5. Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- 1. The Colonial Grammar of “Literature” -- 2. From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- 3. The Passions of Literature: Hafiz, 1771 A.D.-- 4. Nietzsche and “World Literature” -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life: Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- 1. The Colonial Rule of Law -- 2. The Imperial Institution of Shari‘a -- 3. Shari‘a from Colonialism to Islamism -- 4. Shari‘a from the Qur’ān to Colonialism -- 5. State Models and War Machines I: The Mu‘allaqāt, 1782 A.D -- 6. State Models and War Machines II: The Mu‘allaqāt, 550 A.D-- 1. From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism: The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D -- 2. The Idea of Indo-European Civilization: Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D-- 3. The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D to 1400 B.C. -- 4. The Sovereign and the Earth: Śakuntalā, 415 A.D to 400 B.C. -- 1. The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- 2. Philology—Colonial Law—Emergency -- 3. The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796385203321 |
Ahmed Siraj Dean
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / / Siraj Ahmed
| Archaeology of Babel : the colonial foundation of the humanities / / Siraj Ahmed |
| Autore | Ahmed Siraj Dean |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (266 pages) |
| Disciplina | 407 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism and philology
Philology - Political aspects - History Humanities - Methodology - History Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc |
| ISBN | 1-5036-0404-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1. The Return to Philology, the End of Weltliteratur -- 2. The Ruins of Babel, the Rise of Philology -- 3. Aryanism, Ursprache, “Literature” -- 4. Colonialism and Comparatism -- 5. Chapters in the History of the Philological Revolution -- 1. The Colonial Grammar of “Literature” -- 2. From the Persian Imperium to the British Empire -- 3. The Passions of Literature: Hafiz, 1771 A.D.-- 4. Nietzsche and “World Literature” -- 5. Sovereign Law and Sacred Life: Hafiz, 1390 A.D. -- 1. The Colonial Rule of Law -- 2. The Imperial Institution of Shari‘a -- 3. Shari‘a from Colonialism to Islamism -- 4. Shari‘a from the Qur’ān to Colonialism -- 5. State Models and War Machines I: The Mu‘allaqāt, 1782 A.D -- 6. State Models and War Machines II: The Mu‘allaqāt, 550 A.D-- 1. From the Indo-European Hypothesis to Hindu Nationalism: The Laws of Manu, 1794 A.D -- 2. The Idea of Indo-European Civilization: Śakuntalā, 1789 A.D-- 3. The Dharma and Sacrificial Violence, 100 A.D to 1400 B.C. -- 4. The Sovereign and the Earth: Śakuntalā, 415 A.D to 400 B.C. -- 1. The Colonial Matrix of Emergency -- 2. Philology—Colonial Law—Emergency -- 3. The Real State of Emergency, the Tradition of the Oppressed, the Nameless -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826888703321 |
Ahmed Siraj Dean
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2018 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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