[INDOLOGY] Hitler and MLBD

[George Thompson]

I too would like to thank Dominik for his efforts in this matter.

George


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 11:47 AM, George Thompson <gthomgt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I too would like to thank Dominik for his efforts in this matter.
>
> George
>
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Herman Tull <hermantull at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Dominik,  for your fine,  thoughtful letter. It is a truly
>> eloquent document.
>>
>> Herman Tull
>> On May 18, 2014 11:38 PM, "Dominik Wujastyk" <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yesterday I wrote to MLDB, protesting about their publication of Mein
>>> Kampf.  My letter is open, and I've posted a copy<http://cikitsa.blogspot.com/2014/05/mlbd-publishing-mein-kampf.html>to one of my blogs.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dominik Wujastyk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 May 2014 19:54, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I see from the April 2014 issue of the MLBD Newsletter that MLBD is
>>>> bringing out an edition of *Mein Kampf *by Adolph Hitlar (sic).  It
>>>> nestles incongruously between Alonso on the Mahabharata and the Black on
>>>> the Upanisads.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ​
>>>>
>>>> This was a shock!  My immediate reaction was that I wish furiously to
>>>> sever all links with MLBD.  I have already written to Penguin Delhi, asking
>>>> to withdraw my book from them because of their scandalous pulping of
>>>> Doniger's book.  Now MLDB is publishing "Hitlar."  Has Indian publishing
>>>> gone completely mad?
>>>>
>>>> My second reaction was, it's not wrong to publish even Hitlar's
>>>> writings, because how else can interested people find out how misguided he
>>>> was, and how else can historians combat his ideas.  Free speech and all
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> But my final conclusion is that this is indeed completely inappropriate
>>>> because MLBD presents itself as an Indological publisher, and *Mein
>>>> Kampf* isn't even remotely connected with serious Indology.  Even
>>>> participants in the "Indology under National Socialism" debate don't really
>>>> need a new edition of *Kampf*, surely.
>>>>
>>>> I shall therefore be writing to MLBD in protest in the strongest terms
>>>> about this pubication.  I urge all my colleagues to do the same.  If
>>>> someone wants to set up a petition, I'll gladly sign it.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Dominik Wujastyk
>>>>
>>>
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