About this title: In Aryans, Jews, Brahmins, Dorothy M. Figueira provides a fascinating account of the construction of the Aryan myth and its uses in both India and Europe from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. The myth concerns a race that inhabits a utopian past and gives rise first to Brahmin Indian culture and then to European culture. In India, notions of the Aryan were used to develop a national identity under colonialism, one that allowed Indian elites to identify with their British rulers. It also allowed non-elites to set up a counter identity critical of their position in the caste system. ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN-13:9780791455319ISBN:0791455319
Description: New. 0791455319 **NEW** Book is in excellent condition, binding tight, pages crisp & clean. No remainder marks. Shipped with delivery confirmation inside US. Selling books since 1979*gc DD1-28. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780791455326ISBN:0791455327
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very tiny bump to bottom page edges. Provides a fascinating account of the construction of the Aryan myth and its uses in both India and Europe from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. The myth concerns a race that inhabits a utopian past and gives rise first to Brahmin Indian culture and then to European culture. In India, notions of the Aryan were used to develop a national identity under colonialism, one that allowed Indian elites to identify with their ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: STATE UNIV OF NY PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780791455326ISBN:0791455327
Description: New. In Aryans, Jews, Brahmins, Dorothy M. Figueira provides a fascinating account of the construction of the Aryan myth and its uses in both India and Europe from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century. The myth concerns a race that inhabits a utopia... read more
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