I would like to draw your attention to a recent critique of one of the articles announced by Prof Franco in his post of 22 September 2023, and will be happy to send a PDF to those who have difficulty accessing the article:
https://zdmg.harrassowitz-library.com/article/ZDMG/2024/2/11
If you are interested in a copy, please contact me off-list.
Best regards,
Walter Slaje
From franco@uni-leipzig.de Fri Sep 22 08:54:26 2023
From: franco@uni-leipzig.de (Eli Franco)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:54:26 +0200
Subject: [INDOLOGY] German Indology and National Socialism
Dear list members,
I would like to draw your attention to a special issue of NTM Zeitschrift f?r Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin/ NTM Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine on German Indology and National Socialism, which contains the following articles:
Moritz Epple, Maria Framke, Eli Franco, Horst Junginger, and Baijayanti Roy, Where do we Stand in the Historiography of Small Disciplines in Nazi Germany? The Case of Indology
Same authors, Introduction: Indology and Aryanism: Knowledge of India
in Nazi Germany?An Invitation for New Research
Maria Framke, Manoeuvring Across Academia in National Socialist
Germany: The Life and Work of Devendra Nath Bannerjea
Eli Franco, ?There is No Reliable Evidence to Pass Moral Judgment on
Frauwallner.? Erich Frauwallner, Jakob Stuchlik, Walter Slaje, and the Whitewashing
of Austrian Indology During the Time of National Socialism
(I wish to take this opportunity to modify my final statement by
referring to Axel Michaels, ?Sheldon Pollock and German Indology.? In:
Hans Harder and Dhruv Raina (eds.), Disciplines and Movements.
Conversations between India and the German-speaking World. Hyderabad:
Orient BlackSwan, 85-104.)
Baijayanti Roy, Knowledge of India as an Instrument of Nazi Politics:
Ludwig Alsdorf, German Indology and Indian Anti-Colonialism
Isabella Schwaderer, ?Exotic Sensation? or ?V?lkisch Art?? Press
Reviews of the Indisches Ballett Menaka (Menaka Indian Ballet) on Tour
Through Germany, 1936?1938
All articles have Open Access and can be downloaded in
https://link.springer.com/journal/48/online-first
Best wishes and Shanah Tovah,
Eli
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