Max Müller was one of the first European translators of the Vedas and one of the most influential Orientalists of the Victorian Age. He is especially renowned for the publication of the Sacred Books of the East series (1879-1910), where the Indian spiritual heritage and ancient Vedic lore were translated into English along with the texts of other spiritual traditions. This article analyses Müller’s translation of the Upaniṣads as a form of Orientalism, a discourse that contributed to the creation of a colonial and Eurocentric representation of the East based on self-censorship and a domesticating approach to translation.
Victorian Orientalism and Self-Censorship in Max Müller’s Translations of the Upaniṣads
Casagranda, Mirko
2023-01-01
Abstract
Max Müller was one of the first European translators of the Vedas and one of the most influential Orientalists of the Victorian Age. He is especially renowned for the publication of the Sacred Books of the East series (1879-1910), where the Indian spiritual heritage and ancient Vedic lore were translated into English along with the texts of other spiritual traditions. This article analyses Müller’s translation of the Upaniṣads as a form of Orientalism, a discourse that contributed to the creation of a colonial and Eurocentric representation of the East based on self-censorship and a domesticating approach to translation.File in questo prodotto:
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