The birth of orientalism

"Modern Orientalism is not a brainchild of nineteenth-century European imperialists and colonialists, but, as Urs App demonstrates, was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. Based on sources fr...

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Main Author: App, Urs 1949- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia [u.a.] University of Pennsylvania Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Reviews:Our Epistemological Mess (2014) (Brook, Timothy, 1951 -)
Series/Journal:Encounters with Asia
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Asia / Europe / Orientalism (Art) / Religion / Cultural exchange / History 1700-1800
B Oriental philology
B Orient
Further subjects:B Asia Religion Study and teaching History 18th century
B Europe Intellectual life 18th century
B Orientalism (Europe) History 18th century
B Religions Study and teaching History 18th century
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