Cooperation, contribution and contestation: the Jain community, colonialism and Jainological scholarship, 1800–1950
"The relationships of the Jains with colonial administrators, Western scholars, and missionaries between 1800 and 1950 were marked by both competition and cooperation, as they interacted in economic, political, intellectual and religious spheres. This volume traces these encounters, and also ex...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin
EB-Verlag
2020
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Studies in Asian art and culture (volume 6)
Year: 2020 |
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in Asian art and culture
volume 6 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Jainism
/ Britons
/ Colonialism
/ Mission
/ Indology
/ Cultural contact
/ History 1800-1950
B Britisch-Indien / Jainism / Identity / Socioeconomic change / History B Jainism / Colonialism / History 1800-1950 B Jains / History 1800-1950 |
| Further subjects: | B
Jaïnisme
B Jains Congresses B Conference program 2010 (Tübingen) B Jains B Jainism History Congresses B Jaïna B Jainism B Imperialism (India) Congresses |
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| Summary: | "The relationships of the Jains with colonial administrators, Western scholars, and missionaries between 1800 and 1950 were marked by both competition and cooperation, as they interacted in economic, political, intellectual and religious spheres. This volume traces these encounters, and also examines the contributions to the history of Jain studies made by Jain and non-Jain Indians through their collaborations with Western scholars. The book is divided into three sections. The first considers the engagement on the part of European missionaries and Orientalists, and British colonial officials, with Jains and Jainism from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. The second focuses on the changing dynamics of identities within the Jain community during the nineteenth century, brought about through their mercantile, entrepreneurial, philanthropic and legal activities. The final section maps the trajectory of Jainological studies undertaken by German, Italian, American and Indian scholars from the second half of the nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. Taken together, these chapters make an important interdisciplinary contribution to scholarly understanding of the Jains' situation as a religious minority"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 546-550 und Index Vorwort: Most of the constributions of this volume were initially presented during the international workshop "The Jain and the British: Collaboration and Conflict, Concealment and Contribution during the 19th and early 20th century". The conference was held on 19.-20. Februrary 2010 in the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies of the University of Tübingen |
| ISBN: | 3868933166 |