Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal renaissance: the continuum of ideas

Abstract

Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- From the West to the East -- Scottish Orientalists and the Bengal Renaissance: An Introduction -- A Sojourner's Calcutta: Through the Colonial Lens -- East Meets West: A Vibrant Encounter Between Indian Orthodoxy And Scottish Enlightenment -- The Scotland-India Interaction: Scottish Impact on: A So-called Native Stalwart in India-Dwarakanath Tagore -- The Trio who turned the Clock of Education in Bengal -- Serampore Missionaries and David Hare: On the Penury of Education in Nineteenth-Century Bengal -- Understanding the Renaissance in Nineteenth Century Bengal -- The Caledonian Legacy: Of the Scottish Church College in Kolkata -- The Poet and the East-West Encounter -- A Complex Interface: Rabindranath and Burns -- An Assessment of Sir Daniel Hamilton's Political Philosophy: The Panacea of Scottish Capitalism and Utilitarianism -- A Scotsman in Sriniketan -- Arthur Geddes and Sriniketan: Explaining Underdevelopment -- Scientific Innovation in India -- The East's Writing Back to the West: Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Postcoloniality -- The Scientist as Hero:The Fashioning of the Self in Patrick Geddes's The Life and Work of Sir Jagadish. C. Bose (1920) -- List of Contributors.