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===German scholars===

===German scholars===

In 1808, [[Friedrich Schlegel]] (1772-1829) published his ''Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier'' (1808). This work distilled his long study of Sanskrit and Indian literature and introduced evidence and hypotheses regarding the affinities between Sanskrit and the languages of Europe, especially Greek, Latin, and German. This kinship had earlier been suggested in the writings of Brisih Sanscrit expert Sir [[William Jones]]. Schlegel's work also explored Indian and Oriental philosophies and suggested that these, like the language, had been transmitted to Europe in the remote past. In fact, there was a growing interest in Indian civilization, symbolism, and religion in the Romantic era, and interest also visible in the ideas - often derived from etymological research - of Franz Bopp, Joseph Görres, and Friedrich Creuzer. These writers probed the area of comparative mythology with particular eagerness. Accurate or not in its speculations, German Orientalism was significant in part because it contributed to the ideological formation of a German identity in the l9th century, and not just where the emergence of the anti-Semitic notion of an "Aryan Race" is concerned. In this, the Germans' imaginative explorations were rather distinct from those of the British scholars whose views of India were often gained and conditioned by the colonizing experience. Schlegel modeled his studies on the humanistic project of the Renaissance but predicated on the assumption that all European cultures were united around a Germanic core originally influenced by the Asian East.<ref>Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi, "India and the Identity of Europe: the Case of Friedrich Schlegel," ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 2006 67(4): 713-734. Issn: 0022-5037 Fulltext: [ 1. Project Muse and Ebsco</ref>

In 1808, [[Friedrich Schlegel]] (1772-1829) published his ''Über die Sprache und Weisheit der Indier'' (1808). This work distilled his long study of Sanskrit and Indian literature and introduced evidence and hypotheses regarding the affinities between Sanskrit and the languages of Europe, especially Greek, Latin, and German. This kinship had earlier been suggested in the writings of Brish Sanscrit expert Sir [[William Jones]]. Schlegel's work also explored Indian and Oriental philosophies and suggested that these, like the language, had been transmitted to Europe in the remote past. In fact, there was a growing interest in Indian civilization, symbolism, and religion in the Romantic era, and interest also visible in the ideas - often derived from etymological research - of Franz Bopp, Joseph Görres, and Friedrich Creuzer. These writers probed the area of comparative mythology with particular eagerness. Accurate or not in its speculations, German Orientalism was significant in part because it contributed to the ideological formation of a German identity in the l9th century, and not just where the emergence of the anti-Semitic notion of an "Aryan Race" is concerned. In this, the Germans' imaginative explorations were rather distinct from those of the British scholars whose views of India were often gained and conditioned by the colonizing experience. Schlegel modeled his studies on the humanistic project of the Renaissance but predicated on the assumption that all European cultures were united around a Germanic core originally influenced by the Asian East.<ref>Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi, "India and the Identity of Europe: the Case of Friedrich Schlegel," ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 2006 67(4): 713-734. Issn: 0022-5037 Fulltext: 1. Project Muse and Ebsco</ref>

===British thought: Disraeli===

===British thought: Disraeli===