Orientalists Dominating 18th-19th Century Scholarship
The 18th and 19th centuries witnessed a significant body of work produced by European scholars focusing on the cultures, languages, and societies of the East (Asia and the Middle East). This field of study is primarily known as Orientalism.
Key characteristics of this scholarly trend include:
- Focus on non-Western cultures, particularly from an assumed Western perspective.
- Extensive writing and research on Eastern languages, history, religion, and art.
- Influence often linked to colonial expansion and Western perceptions of the 'Orient'.
While Nationalists focused on specific nations, Marxists on economic structures, and Communists on class revolution, the term that best describes the dominant group of European scholars writing extensively about the East during this specific period is Orientalists.
Therefore, the correct option relates to the scholars who engaged deeply with the study of the East.
Important Questions from Modern Indian History
Subsidiary alliance treaty was imposed on Awadh in ________.
Which of the following revolutionaries stated during his trial that “he did not wish to glorify the cult of the bomb and pistol but wanted a revolution in society”?
Krishnadeva Raya composed a work on __________ in Telugu known as the Amuktamalyada.
Who designed the administrative code to separate revenue administration from judicial administration?
When was a comprehensive despatch on education called Wood’s despatch on education sent?
