Dr Gulfishan Khan ‘The Indo-Persian elite and the Formation of Orientalist Tradition’
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomThe Indo-Persian educated became the pioneers of what is termed “Invisible Occidentalism”, also called “Orientalism in reverse,” as they explored vistas of knowledge concerning the West. The cultural interaction with the agents of the new regime fostered new modes of thought and reshaped the mental landscape and sensibilities of the traditional intelligentsia. Some of them…