The language of disenchantment
Subtitle: Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India
By: Robert A. Yelle
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780199924998; 9780199925018
Subjects: Hinduism and culture; Hinduism; Protestantism; Influence; Language and languages
Description: 'The Language of Disenchantment' explores how Protestant ideas about language inspired British colonial critiques of Hindu mythological, ritual, linguistic, and legal traditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Orientalism and the language of disenchantment; title: "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry; title: "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration; title: "Vain repetitions": the attack on Hindu mantras; title: The Hindu Moses: Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law.