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Orientalism and Islam: European Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and India Curtis, Michael (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
Orientalism and Islam: European Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and India
Curtis, Michael (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
This book reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient, arguing that the European concept of Oriental despotism was based not on arbitrary prejudicial observation, but rather on perceptions of real processes and behavior in Eastern systems of government.
392 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 8, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521749619 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 392 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 233 × 22 mm · 558 g |
| Language | English |