附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index.
pt. I. Exoticism: Model for Inspiration or Alibi for Despair? 1. The Dynamics of Exoticism: Herder's Epigram and Gunderrode's Epitaph. 2. Rationalist Heroes and Irrational Victims: Satis, Bayaderas, and Pariahs -- pt. II. The Politics of Language and the Politics of Exoticism. 3. The Politics of Exoticism: Friedrich Schlegel's Metaphorical Pilgrimage to India. 4. Scholarly Collusion and the Ethos of Despair: The Initial Reception of the Bhagavad Gita -- pt. III. The Poetics of Despair: Irrational Responses to Exoticism. 5. The German Quest for Nirvana. 6. Neantisme. 7. Indian Thought and the Formation of Aryan Ideology: Aryans, Tschandalen, and the Lunatic Fringe.
