{"product_id":"india-what-can-it-teach-us","title":"India: ¿Qué puede enseñarnos?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can a country teach those who arrive expecting only to govern it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn India: What Can It Teach Us?, F. Max Müller asks future Indian Civil Service officials to become students of the people they will govern. His lectures explore Sanskrit, sacred texts and philosophy. He argues that understanding India matters not only for scholarship, but for treating its people with honesty and respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMüller follows the kinship of Sanskrit, Greek and Latin, turns to the hymns of the Rig-Veda, and considers questions about the self in the Upanishads. He also challenges English prejudice about Indian truthfulness. Throughout, you encounter both the confidence and the blind spots of a Victorian scholar making his case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguages with shared roots\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Müller's account of how Sanskrit opens paths into the shared history of languages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHymns carried by memory\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore the Rig-Veda through Müller's discussion of hymns handed down before they were written.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNames and religious ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider his theory that naming the sun, dawn and storm helps shape early religion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuestions beneath appearances\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the Upanishads' questions about the self and what lies behind the visible world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRespect against inherited prejudice\u003c\/strong\u003e – See Müller confront a damaging stereotype and ask future officials to judge people fairly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to language, religion, the history of ideas or the British Empire, who want a Victorian scholar's own perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow Müller's case for approaching India as a student.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534562001244,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/02633_en_ebook-front_c23.jpg?v=1792174891","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/india-que-puede-ensenarnos","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}