An Orientalist in the Orient: Richard Garbe's Indian Journey, 1885-86

Richard Garbe, a German professor of Indology, lived and studied in India for one year in the 1880s. Using Garbe's travel journal, a novel he wrote on India, and other writings, this article seeks to locate German Orientalism and Orientalists vis-à-vis Edward Said's critique of Orientalism and the debates arising from his critique. Although Germany was not a major colonial power, this study finds that German Orientalism reflected and benefited from European power, even if it did not contribute overtly to its growth.