The hermeneutics of suspicion : cross-cultural encounters with India / Dorothy M. Figueira.

Through a unique combination of theoretical scope and material and historical breadth, this book poses an original investigation into our understanding of alterity in indian literature and history, and significantly contributes to an emerging discourse on East-West literary relations. Hans Georg Gad...

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Main Author: Figueira, Dorothy Matilda, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Series:Bloomsbury research in continental philosophy.
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