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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815615503321

Autore

Bashir Hassan

Titolo

Europe and the eastern other : comparative perspectives on politics, religion and culture before the Enlightenment  / / Hassan Bashir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2013

ISBN

1-283-91287-2

0-7391-3805-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

320.309

Soggetti

Globalization - Europe

Enlightenment - Europe

Europe Relations Asia

Asia Relations Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Between Euro-Centrism and Euro-Denial; 3 "No People and a Foolish Nation"; 4 "Wise Men of the Franks"; 5 "Delusions of Celestial Perfection"; 6 Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically evaluates and supports the argument for adopting an inter-cultural or comparative approach in western political theory. The analysis of encounters between Europeans and their eastern others before the European Enlightenment illustrates that adopting an inter-cultural perspective in western political theory is necessary because West's cultural others have played a foundational role in developing a distinct western cultural self-understanding.