The German Gita by Bradley L. Herling - 9780415871143

The German GitaHermeneutics and Discipline in the Early German Reception of Indian Thought\nAuthor(s): Bradley L. Herling\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415871143, 978-0415871143\nSynopsis\nHow did the Bhagavadgt first become an object of German philosophical and philological inquiry? How were its foundational concepts initially interpreted within German intellectual circles, and what does this episode in the history of cross-cultural encounter teach us about the status of comparative philosophy today? This book addresses these questions through a careful study of the figures who read, translated and interpreted the Bhagavadgt around the turn of the nineteenth century in Germany: [url] Herder, F. Majer, F. Schlegel, [url] Schlegel, W. von Humboldt, and [url] Hegel. Methodologically, the study attends to the intellectual contexts and prejudices that framed the early reception of the text. But it also delves dee.