- Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 298 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Language of disenchantment (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Language of disenchantment (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2012003473
- OCLC
- ssj0000820924
- Author
Yelle, Robert A.
- Title
The language of disenchantment [electronic resource] : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India / Robert A. Yelle.
- Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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