Wilting Florists: The Turbulent Early Decades of the Societe Asiatique, 1822-1860

McGetchin, Douglas T.

doi:10.1353/jhi.2004.0007

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“…The very fact of translation is a domesticating strategy, and if translations are to be divided into domesticating and foreignising translations, one might imagine that a translation aimed at the general public would lie closer to the 'domesticating' end of the spectrum. This certainly seems to have been the case in nineteenth-century France, where, as McGetchin argues, the increasing reluctance of Sanskrit scholars to provide domesticated translations conforming to local literary tastes contributed to the marginalisation of Oriental studies (McGetchin 2003). But I am not sure that this would necessarily be the case today.…”

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Translating Vaidya’s Harivaṃśa

Brodbeck

2019

Asian Literature and Translation

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This paper is a philological and textological complement to a new translation, produced in Cardiff, of the Sanskrit Harivaṃśa, the final part of the Mahābhārata. The paper is a project report, providing a detailed behind-the-scenes account of the translation project. It discusses the specific 118-chapter published text that was chosen for translation, and the reasons for that choice; it discusses the emendations that were made to that text, and the reasons for making them; it discusses the method, process, and conventions of the translation, with particular reference to the intended audience, the accompanying apparatus, the format of the translation, its literary and linguistic register, and the treatment of specific words; and it discusses a selection of problematic passages in relation to previous translations. The paper's discussion of the Sanskrit Harivaṃśa is wide-ranging, rigorous, unprecedentedly in-depth, and makes significant original contributions in the fields of Sanskrit philology, translation studies, and world literature. The appendix to the paper is a searchable electronic version of the Sanskrit Harivaṃśa text that was translated.

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Translating Vaidya’s Harivaṃśa

Brodbeck

2019

Asian Literature and Translation

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“…In the 1820s and 1830s, the "Florist" controversy-which opposed scholars who cared about aesthetic taste in translation instead of scientific accuracy-represented the very turning point for Oriental studies, from which the German call for a strictly scientific method came to dominate European scholarship. On the parallel in French scholarship, see McGetchin 2003. studies in the biographies and scholarly (and political) trajectories of the Italian Indologists discussed further below.…”

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Beyond Black and White: The Italian Reception of the Debate on Native Indian Commentaries in Nineteenth-century Vedic Studies

Crafa

2022

Hindu Studies

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This article discusses the nineteenth-century debate between German and British Indologists on ancient Indian commentators, shedding light on how Italian Indologists received and responded to this discussion. It reveals why Italian scholars, although trained under the most eminent German philologists, often disagreed on the status of native commentaries, sometimes viewing them as an unreliable guide to interpreting the Vedas and other texts. Moreover, Italian criticisms of the German approach to ancient Indian texts reflected differences in the ideological concerns underpinning the hegemonic discourses between Europe and India. Because of both transnational reception and nation-building concerns, the history of Italian Indological studies represents a unique perspective in the context of European approaches to the subcontinent.

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The mesmerists inquire about “Oriental mind powers”: West meets East in the search for the universal trance

Schmit

2010

J History Behavioral Science

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Contemporary interest in Asian meditation raises questions about when Westerners began investigating these practices. A synopsis of Western-originating scientific meditation research is followed by a brief introduction to mesmerism. Next, the unappreciated ways the mesmerists explored Oriental mind powers is recounted. How the mesmerists' cultural positioning, philosophy, and interest in mind-body practices facilitated their inquiries of Oriental medicine and Hindu contemplative practices is explored, followed by a consideration of why these investigations were unique for the era. The way this work subverted Western cultural imperialism is examined. A consideration of the historical continuities and discontinuities between the mesmerists' inquiries and twentieth-century meditation research concludes the article.

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Wilting Florists: The Turbulent Early Decades of the Societe Asiatique, 1822-1860

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

Translating Vaidya’s Harivaṃśa

Translating Vaidya’s Harivaṃśa

Beyond Black and White: The Italian Reception of the Debate on Native Indian Commentaries in Nineteenth-century Vedic Studies

The mesmerists inquire about “Oriental mind powers”: West meets East in the search for the universal trance

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