Sources, Itineraries, Languages (16th-18th Century)
Edited by
Corinne Lefèvre, Ines G. Zupanov and Jorge Flores
Hb | 464 pp | Rs. 999
Translated from the French original
by Ann Leroux and Sourish Datta
Originally published in French as
Cosmopolitismes en Asie du Sud by Editions EHESS
Is cosmopolitanism a child of western modernity or do we find it in other times and in other places? This volume responds to this question that is much debated in contemporary discursive practices. It explores the worldview of a region of the world, namely South Asia. The period of exploration is from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Contents
Renaissance Italy meets South Asia: Florentines and Venetians in A Cosmopolitan World | Giuseppe Marcocci
Origin Narratives, Legitimacy and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in Early Modern Deccan | Roy S Fischel
South Asian Cosmopolitanism and Dutch Microcosm in Cochin in 17th century | Jos Gommans
A Cosmopolitanism without Islam: Dara Shikoh, Kant and the Limits of Comparative Philosophy in Anquetil-Duperron's Oupnekbat | Blake Smith
Cosmopolitanism of the Arabian Sea: The Christians of Saint Thomas face the Portuguese expansion in India | Istvan Perczel
The paradoxical experience of Nuruddin ar-Raniri in the Indian Ocean in 17th century | Paul Wormser
Cosmopolitanism Particularism: Mahamati Pran-nath's Dawa in the Laldas Bitak | Vikas Rathee
Armed Cosmopolitans? Indian Sepoys and their Travels in the Service of the East India Company (1762-1815) | Claude Markovits
The Cosmopolitan Lingua: The Social World of Hindu Interpreters in 17th century Goa | Jorge Flores
Regional Perceptions: Writing to the Mughal Court in Sanskrit | Audrey Truschke
Conviviality and Cosmopolitanism: Recognition and Representation of 'East and West' in Peninsular India c. 1600- 1800 | Sumit Guha
The English East India Company and Cultural Cosmopolitanism in Late Mughal Bengal | Kumkum Chatterjee
Circulation and Cosmopolitanism in 18th century Jaipur: The Workshop of Jesuit, Nujumi and Jesuit Astronomers | Dhruv Raina
Vulgaris seu Universalis: Early Modern Missionary Representations of An Indian Cosmopolitan Space | Paolo Aranha
