Orientalism for the nation: Jews and oriental scholarship in modern Hungary
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[Thesis]
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Katalin Franciska Rac
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University of Florida
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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390
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-42070-8
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Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
History
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University of Florida
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Orientalism For The Nation: Jews and Oriental Scholarship in Modern Hungary" reconstructs the careers of three world-famous Hungarian Jewish orientalists: the Turkologist Armin Vambery (1832-1913), the Arab philologist and Islamicist Ignaz Goldziher (1850-1921), and the Sanskritist and archeologist Aurel Stein (1862-1943). An examination of their Hungarian academic milieu and social circumstances reveals the interconnected development of Oriental scholarship and the modern Hungarian national identity discourse. This dissertation examines the ways in which these Jewish scholars actively participated in both, and, therefore, opens a window to different Jewish attitudes toward Jewish integration in modern Hungary.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
European history; Modern history; Judaic studies
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Subject Term
Social sciences;History of origins;Hungary;Jewish history;Linguistics;Orientalism;Philology