Vidal Denis. (2001). Max Müller and the theosophists or the other half of Victorian orientalism. In :
Assayag J., Lardinois R., Vidal Denis. Orientalism and anthropology : from Max Müller to Louis Dumont. Pondichéry : IFP, p. 17-29. (Pondy Papers in Social Sciences ; 24). ISSN 0972-3188.
Titre du document
Max Müller and the theosophists or the other half of Victorian orientalism
Année de publication
2001
Type de document
Partie d'ouvrage
Auteurs
Vidal Denis
In
Assayag J., Lardinois R., Vidal DenisOrientalism and anthropology : from Max Müller to Louis Dumont
Source
Pondichéry : IFP, 2001,
p. 17-29 (Pondy Papers in Social Sciences ; 24). ISSN 0972-3188
In this paper, I argue that the dominant forms of orientalism prevalent in India from the second half of the nineteenth century onwards are not adequately explained by the criticismes of Edward Said or Ronald Inden. It must not be forgiven that from the time of Macaulay onwards, orientalism, far from epitomising colonial ideology, was in fact marginalised by the British administration. Moreover, orientalism, in its less orthodox forms, did in fact play an important role in the formation of anti-imperialist discourse in India. This means that in order to evaluate the full significance of what oriental ism represented in late colonial India, one needs first to consider the relationship between is different composite elements.
