Friedrich Rosen

Amir Theilhaber

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

Friedrich Rosen

Orientalist Scholarship and International Politics

Amir Theilhaber

Funded by: TU Berlin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110639544

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The German lacuna in Edward Said’s 'Orientalism' has produced varied studies of German cultural and academic Orientalisms. So far the domains of German politics and scholarship have not been conflated to probe the central power/knowledge nexus of Said’s argument. Seeking to fill this gap, the diplomatic career and scholarly-literary productions of the centrally placed Friedrich Rosen serve as a focal point to investigate how politics influenced knowledge generated about the “Orient” and charts the roles knowledge played in political decision-making regarding extra-European regions. This is pursued through analyses of Germans in British imperialist contexts, cultures of lowly diplomatic encounters in Middle Eastern cities, Persian poetry in translation, prestigious Orientalist congresses in northern climes, leveraging knowledge in high-stakes diplomatic encounters, and the making of Germany’s Islam policy up to the Great War. Politics drew on bodies of knowledge and could promote or hinder scholarship. Yet, scholars never systemically followed empire in its tracks but sought their own paths to cognition. On their own terms or influenced by “Oriental” savants they aligned with politics or challenged claims to conquest and rule.

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Amir Theilhaber, TU Berlin

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
List of Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	VII
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Consul’s Son. From Jerusalem Childhood to Lonely Adolescence in Germany Open Access Download PDF	39
Chapter 2. Amanat’s Indar Sabha and the Beginnings of a Career. Hindustani Theatre in British Imperialism, Indian Nationalism and German Orientalistik Open Access Download PDF	77
Chapter 3. Sword of the Dragoman. Immersion in an Embattled Region Open Access Download PDF	130
Chapter 4. Knowledge in Political Negotiations. Three Diplomatic Encounters Open Access Download PDF	181
Chapter 5. The International Orientalist Congresses in Hamburg in 1902 and Copenhagen in 1908. Celebrations and Agendas of Politics and Scholarship Open Access Download PDF	256
Chapter 6. Omar Khayyam’s Ruba’iyat and Rumi’s Masnavi Interpreted. The Politics and Scholarship of Translating Persian Poetry Open Access Download PDF	340
Chapter 7. Karl May’s Jihad? Knowledge in German Orient Policy Open Access Download PDF	392
Chapter 8. Fall of the Eagle. Reformulations Open Access Download PDF	462
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	515
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	539
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	605
Index Open Access Download PDF	610

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics in modern history, orientalism, diplomacy, imperialism.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 627
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 17
- Coloured Illustrations: 5
- Tables: 4
- Coloured Maps: 1

eBook

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110639544

Hardcover

Published: September 7, 2020
ISBN: 9783110639254