Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures and Table -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Scholarly Personae in the History of Orientalism, 1870-1930 -- Herman Paul -- Chapter 1 -- The Prussian Professor as a Paradigm -- Trying to "Fit In" as a Semitist between 1870 and 1930 -- Holger Gzella -- Chapter 2 -- Multiple Personae -- Friedrich Max Müller and the Persona of the Oriental Scholar -- Arie L. Molendijk -- Chapter 3 -- Epistemic Vice -- Transgression in the Arabian Travels of Julius Euting -- Henning Trüper -- Chapter 4 -- German Indology Challenged -- On the Dialectics of Armchair Philology, Fieldwork, and Indigenous Traditions in the Late Nineteenth Century -- Pascale Rabault-Feuerhahn -- Chapter 5 -- Herbert Giles as Reviewer -- T. H. Barrett -- Chapter 6 -- Orientalism and the Study of Lived Religions -- The Japanese Contribution to European Models of Scholarship on Japan around 1900 -- Hans Martin Krämer -- Chapter 7 -- Orientalists at War -- Personae and Partiality at the Outbreak of the First World War -- Christiaan Engberts -- Index.

Focusing on the field of study known as orientalism in the decades around 1900, this volume explores the history of the humanities through the prism of scholarly personae.

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