02419nam 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 other2070107UNINA