HIST 135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: James Mill, Ethnic Religion, Animism
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India has always been a seen as a place of spirituality to the west. Population: o(cid:448)er of the (cid:449)orld"s populatio(cid:374) resides i(cid:374) outh asia. Jainism: sikhism, christianity, others (tribal religions or animist) Islamic states (at least nominally: world"s largest de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)(cid:455, monarchical structures, military dictatorships, communist parties ruling states, liberal parties, parties with right wing agendas. Claims to fame: most populous and most densely populated geographical region, two nuclear armed nations that have fought 3 or 4 wars, home to bollywood, at the heart of concerns over islamic militancy. India defined hindu as hindu and sanskrit: british east india company administrators, reformulating knowledge: social codes interpreted as legal code, attempts to understand hinduism influenced by own religious tradition. Orientalists/indologists: study of sanskrit, common indo-european heritage, dependence in upper caste. James mill (1773-1836), history of british india (1818: periodistation: British (from mid-18th c: used india as a way of understanding their world.
