Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1113330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chen |
| FAMILY NAME | Tzoref-Ashkenazi |
| SIGNATURE | TZOREF-ASHKENAZI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heidelberg University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
German Soldiers in Colonial India
Tzoref-Ashkenazi presents a detailed study of two German regiments which served in India under the British between 1782 and 1791. He asks if the Germans identified with the goals of the British colonial power, how they felt about local people and whether they adopted the colonial ideologies of their British employers
German Auxiliary Troops in the British and Dutch East India Companies
Romantic Attitudes toward Oriental Despotism
The Experienced Traveller as a Professional Author
The aim of this article is to show the centrality of the concept of experience in the cultural industry of travel writing in eighteenth‐century Germany as well as examining the influence of British colonial discourse on German interpretations of the non‐European world. The first aim is achieved through analysing the literary career of Friedrich Ludwig Langstedt, who on the basis of a five‐year stay in India, was able to claim the status of expert…
Hanoverians, Germans, and Europeans
The natives here have great awe and respect for our entire Nordic nation. If this had not been the case, they could have easily become our masters. They regard us as the strongest and heartiest people as well as the best and most fortunate warriors, although together with this fear, they also despise us and hold themselves to be better. The English know very well how to keep their respect, although there is no slavery in their settlements here, w…
German Voices from India
In 1782 two regiments of the Hanoverian army were sent to southern India by the English East India Company as part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–84) against the Indian ruler of Mysore, Haida
India and the Identity of Europe
India and the Identity of Europe: The Case of Friedrich Schlegel 1 Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi University of Heidelberg Abstract This paper examines Friedrich Schlegel's conception of an Oriental Renaissance through the study of ancient India. In his book Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier Schlegel compared his project of Sanskrit studies to the Humanistic Renaissance, but in practice hoped the study of India would reverse the modernizing effects…
German Soldiers in Colonial India
Tzoref-Ashkenazi presents a detailed study of two German regiments which served in India under the British between 1782 and 1791. He asks if the Germans identified with the goals of the British colonial power, how they felt about local people and whether they adopted the colonial ideologies of their British employers
Romantic Attitudes toward Oriental Despotism
The Experienced Traveller as a Professional Author
The aim of this article is to show the centrality of the concept of experience in the cultural industry of travel writing in eighteenth‐century Germany as well as examining the influence of British colonial discourse on German interpretations of the non‐European world. The first aim is achieved through analysing the literary career of Friedrich Ludwig Langstedt, who on the basis of a five‐year stay in India, was able to claim the status of expert…
India and the Identity of Europe
India and the Identity of Europe: The Case of Friedrich Schlegel 1 Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi University of Heidelberg Abstract This paper examines Friedrich Schlegel's conception of an Oriental Renaissance through the study of ancient India. In his book Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier Schlegel compared his project of Sanskrit studies to the Humanistic Renaissance, but in practice hoped the study of India would reverse the modernizing effects…
India and the Identity of Europe
India and the Identity of Europe: The Case of Friedrich Schlegel 1 Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi University of Heidelberg Abstract This paper examines Friedrich Schlegel's conception of an Oriental Renaissance through the study of ancient India. In his book Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier Schlegel compared his project of Sanskrit studies to the Humanistic Renaissance, but in practice hoped the study of India would reverse the modernizing effects…
German Voices from India
In 1782 two regiments of the Hanoverian army were sent to southern India by the English East India Company as part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–84) against the Indian ruler of Mysore, Haida
The Experienced Traveller as a Professional Author
The aim of this article is to show the centrality of the concept of experience in the cultural industry of travel writing in eighteenth‐century Germany as well as examining the influence of British colonial discourse on German interpretations of the non‐European world. The first aim is achieved through analysing the literary career of Friedrich Ludwig Langstedt, who on the basis of a five‐year stay in India, was able to claim the status of expert…
Hanoverians, Germans, and Europeans
The natives here have great awe and respect for our entire Nordic nation. If this had not been the case, they could have easily become our masters. They regard us as the strongest and heartiest people as well as the best and most fortunate warriors, although together with this fear, they also despise us and hold themselves to be better. The English know very well how to keep their respect, although there is no slavery in their settlements here, w…
German Auxiliary Troops in the British and Dutch East India Companies
Romantic Attitudes toward Oriental Despotism
German Soldiers in Colonial India
Tzoref-Ashkenazi presents a detailed study of two German regiments which served in India under the British between 1782 and 1791. He asks if the Germans identified with the goals of the British colonial power, how they felt about local people and whether they adopted the colonial ideologies of their British employers
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