Birth of orientalism, the
Auteur :
App, Urs
Éditeur :
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN :
9780812223460
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Modern Orientalism was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of the Western encounter with Asia, its underlying dynamics, and the discovery of Buddhism and Hinduism.