| Comte de Gobineau and Orientalism: Selected Eastern Writings Contributor(s): Nash, Geoffrey (Editor), O'Donoghue, Daniel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 041544019X ISBN-13: 9780415440196 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Makes available for the first time to an English reader the key writings of a hugely original nineteenth Century French writer on the Near East. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 942.06 |
| LCCN: 2008008126 |
| Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.25 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though known to specialists, Comte de Gobineau's vital if idiosyncratic contribution to Orientalism has only been accessible to the English reader through secondary sources. Especially important for its portrayal of an esoteric Sufi sect like the Ahl-i Haqq, and its vivid narrative of the Babi episode in Persia, Gobineau's work impacted significantly on European intelligentsia, including Ernest Renan, Matthew Arnold, Lord Curzon, and the Orientalist Edward Granville Browne. Daniel O'Donoghue's brilliant translation now makes available sizeable extracts from Gobineau's two most important writings on the East: Three Years in Asia and Religions and Philosophies of Central Asia. Geoffrey Nash's comprehensive introduction and notes contextualise Gobineau's work in the light of contemporary scholarship, as well as assessing its impact on nineteenth century Orientalists and modern Iranians, and its relevance to debates around Islam and modernity that are still alive today. |