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The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India / Robert A. Yelle.
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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: xxii, 298 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780199924998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780199925018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ARCH FRBC 261.24 Y43L 23
- BL1215.C76 Y45 2013
Contents:
Orientalism and the language of disenchantment -- "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry -- "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration -- "Vain repetitions": the attack on Hindu mantras -- The Hindu Moses: Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law.
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SAIACS Archives Room | Frykenberg Collection | ARCH FRBC 261.24 Y43L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 066760 |
Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
Orientalism and the language of disenchantment -- "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry -- "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration -- "Vain repetitions": the attack on Hindu mantras -- The Hindu Moses: Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law.
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