00839nam0-22002891i-450 99000546239020331620200408111715.088-7075-150-3000546239USA01000546239(ALEPH)000546239USA0120010829d1987----km y1itay5003----baitaITCatalogo dei libri in commercio 1988soggettiAssociazione italiana editoriMilanoBibliografica1987XLV, 1665 p.28 cmCataloghi di venditaBNCF015.4507Associazione italiana editrice613721ITSOL20120104990005462390203316000 015.4507 ASS2560 DISESBKDISESCatalogo dei libri in commercio 19881127908UNISA02419nam 2200589Ia 450 991046320300332120200520144314.01-283-91287-20-7391-3805-7(CKB)2670000000329013(EBL)1104452(OCoLC)854969927(SSID)ssj0000810890(PQKBManifestationID)12406993(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810890(PQKBWorkID)10854324(PQKB)10874612(MiAaPQ)EBC1104452(Au-PeEL)EBL1104452(CaPaEBR)ebr10640374(CaONFJC)MIL422537(OCoLC)827536001(EXLCZ)99267000000032901320121221d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEurope and the eastern other[electronic resource] comparative perspectives on politics, religion and culture before the Enlightenment /Hassan BashirLanham Lexington Booksc20131 online resource (152 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9733-9 0-7391-3803-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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.GlobalizationEuropeEnlightenmentEuropeElectronic books.GlobalizationEnlightenment320.309Bashir Hassan922520MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463203003321Europe and the eastern other2070107UNINA02686nam 2200601Ia 450 991078082900332120230207231052.01-282-47301-897866124730121-58465-880-0(CKB)2520000000008979(EBL)1084887(OCoLC)667077813(SSID)ssj0000433594(PQKBManifestationID)11276825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433594(PQKBWorkID)10390888(PQKB)10674412(MiAaPQ)EBC1084887(MdBmJHUP)muse10023(Au-PeEL)EBL1084887(CaPaEBR)ebr10355629(CaONFJC)MIL247301(EXLCZ)99252000000000897920090410d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBest of times, worst of times[electronic resource] memoirs of a political education /Walter LaqueurWaltham, Mass. Brandeis University Press ;Hanover University Press of New Englandc20091 online resource (249 p.)The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry seriesIncludes index.1-58465-798-7 "Works by Walter Laqueur": p. [225]-227.Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1 | A Surfeit of Politics: or, Why I Would Have Preferred the Nineteenth Century; 2 | Growing Up under the Nazis: or, Why One Had to Be There to Understand It; 3 | Marxism, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War: or, The Dream That Failed; 4 | The Downfall and Partial Resurgence of the Soviet Empire: or, The Strange Fortunes of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, "Finlandization," and Putinism; 5 | A Middle East Education: or, Reflections on Arabia, Israel, Zionism, and Antisemitism; 6 | Think Tanks and Political Intelligence: or, Why It Is So Difficult to Predict7 | Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism: or, What Systematic Study and Theory Can Mean8 | Europe, 1945- 2008: or, A Short Study in Hope and Frustration; Postface; Works by Walter Laqueur; IndexA memoir by a prominent and highly respected historian and political commentatorTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series.HistoriansUnited StatesBiographyHistorians973.9092BLaqueur Walter1921-2018.1135111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780829003321Best of times, worst of times3694830UNINA