Sanskrit and the morning after
The metaphorics and theory of intellectual change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8960936 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian A Hatcher (0000-0003-2500-9012, Illinois Wesleyan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-361 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Indian Economic & Social History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-4646 • E-ISSN: 0973-0893 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001946460704400303 |
| OpenAlex | W2045584782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article offers critical reflection on the work of Sheldon Pollock and Sudipto Kaviraj in connection with the project, ‘Sanskrit Knowledge-Systems on the Eve of Colonialism’. While both Pollock and Kaviraj have written of the ‘death’ of Sanskrit, this article advises against metaphors of historical rupture. If we wish to make sense of the fate of Sanskrit intellectuals under colonial modernity, we should attend to processes of cultural convergence and the concrete choices made by Sanskrit scholars. A selection from the reformist writings of Isvaracandra Vidydsdgara is examined to demonstrate one pandit's ongoing engagement with Sanskrit intellectual tradition
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Epistemology · Literature · Modernity · Pollock · Sanskrit · Sanskrit literature · Sociology · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci
The modernity of tradition
The inner conflict of tradition
Rulers, townsmen, and bazaars
Imperial Eyes
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men
The Transformation of Culture-Power In Indo-Europe, 1000-1300
Introduction
The Sudden Death of Sanskrit Knowledge
Sanskrit scholars and pandits of the old school
On ``The Death of Sanskrit
On “The Death of Sanskrit”
Bengal
Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture
Resistant Hinduism
New intellectuals in seventeenth-century India
A Cloud Turned Goose
The Modernity of Tradition. Political Development in India
Sanskrit Pandits Recall Their Youth
The Classical Law of India
The Career of Rādhākānta Tarkavāgīśa, an Eighteenth-Century Pandit in British Employ
Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India
The History of Bengal Muslim Period 1200-1757
What's Become of the Pandit? Rethinking the History of Sanskrit Scholars in Colonial Bengal
Metaphors We Live by
Cosmopolitan and Vernacular in History
Translating Science, Translating Empire
The Death of Sanskrit
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |