Download or read book Europe s Myths of Orient written by Rana Kabbani and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-06-18 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Imperial Fictions written by Rana Kabbani and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rana Kabbani unravels Western fantasies and myths about the East which were woven over the ages. Devised during the Crusades to combat Islam, then confirmed by centuries of Western writers and artists, these myths fostered racial and sexual stereotypes that became vital to imperial designs. In Orientalist travelogues and paintings, the British and the French conceived of an erotic and sinister East, one that they believed to be morally inferior and dangerous, and therefore ripe for colonisation. Such perceptions remain very much apparent today, fuelling the tension between East and West. "Imperial Fictions", now a classic, is an erudite analysis of Europe's fabricated Orient, as expressed in its writings and illustrated in its paintings.
Download or read book Europe s Myths of Orient written by Rana Kabbani and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Orientalism written by Edward W. Said and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding.
Download or read book The Weird Orient Nine Mystic Tales written by Henry Iliowizi and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Weird Orient written by Henry Iliowizi and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Weird Orient: Nine Mystic Tales The mystery of the great desolate desert stretches, with their overpowering solemnity of deadly silence, has from time immemorial exercised a most powerful influence upon the imagination of those who frequent them and their optical illusions are often so curious and so startling as to afford easy explanation of the legends of hidden and phantom cities, such as are told here and elsewhere, and indeed of much else beside. Stories similar to Shed dad's Palace of Irem, and that of the vanish ing city of the Peri in The Croesus of Yemen, are frequently met with. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book imperial fictions europe s myths of orient written by rana kabbani and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient written by Zeynep Çelik and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A century before the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism, a passionate discourse emerged in the Ottoman Empire, rebutting politicized Western representations of the East. Until the 1930s, Ottoman and early Turkish Republican intellectuals, well acquainted with the European political and cultural scene and charged with their own ideological agendas, deconstructed tired clichés about "the Orient." In this book, Zeynep Çelik recontextualizes Eurocentric postcolonial studies, unearthing an important episode in modern Middle Eastern intellectual history and curating a selection of primary texts illustrating the debates.
Download or read book 21 Myths from Ancient Europe 21 L gendes de L Ancienne Europe written by Marie D F Cachet and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Occident to Orient and Around the World written by Charlton B. Perkins and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from From Occident to Orient and Around the World "The man who gleans his all from books May gain a knowledge great; But the man who learns by travel, Is the one who is up-to-date." Travel is the key that unlocks Nature's heart and reveals her secrets; and, when accompanied by a keen and close observation, becomes one of man's highest accomplishments. It is a commendable and peculiar characteristic of human nature, as betrayed in the Western mind: the desire to gain all possible knowledge of the present-day civilization of the world, as well as of the past of the people - their vices, their virtues, their customs and their religions, their victories and their defeats. Though millions have crossed the Atlantic to visit the scenes of the Old World, to the average traveler (except in very recent years) the mysteries of Asia have remained untraversed and are practically unknown. This lurid Orient, with its mystic lands, has stood sponsor, during centuries of slow advancement, for the most remarkable epochs in the annals of the world's history; it has been the mother of invention, of highly accomplished arts, education, and the cradle of the great religions of Mohammed and Buddha. Every object your eyes rest upon within the confines of this vast continent is shrouded in mystery and associated with events of the most profound interest. Not all the interesting sights are to be found in the land of our nativity. Each country and each race has its own peculiar and dominant characteristics. The histories, i. e., the lives of nations, are very similar to those of men, except in point of duration.Nations rise,generally, by some social upheaval,live their allotted time,and are no more,save as in resurrection by the pen of the historian. The exact facts concerning ancient Syria are practically myths to-day. Egypt has for centuries remained an unopened and unexplored secret. Greece and Rome have yielded to modern research a little knowledge of past glories, but not to the extent the student might desire. Our knowledge of the ancient history of the Western Hemisphere is deplorably incomplete, and a few centuries carry us back to the legendary myths of Europe concerning it. The conditions existing in the New World prior to its discovery in 1492 are, in a large measure, matters of conjecture. If this applies to the Western World, what a vista for thought and speculation does the Eastern Hemisphere present- shrouded deep in the mysteries of untold centuries of profound isolation. And of China this is particularly true: it is without doubt the most absorbingly interesting country in the world to-day, holding in the hollow of its hand undreamed-of possibilities of greatness to come. This book claims no literary merit; it is placed before the prospective traveler to the Orient and around the world, intended to supply him all the accurate information necessary for a thorough visit to the various places of note; special mention being made of the interesting features of Asia, and how best to see it traveling by way of any of the several steamship lines maintaining a regular service to that part of the world, both from the Pacific and Atlantic seaboards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Weird Orient written by Henry Iliowizi and published by Blackmask.com. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collection of tales arising from time the author, a Russian Rabbi, spent in Tetuna, Morocco. Includes an account of Firdusi, creator of Persia's national epic."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Antinomies of Modernity written by Sucheta Mazumdar and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA collection of essays arguing for a global and economically based modernity driven by capitalist development./div
Download or read book The Myth of Continents written by Martin W. Lewis and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-08-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a thoughtful and engaging critique, geographer Martin W. Lewis and historian Karen Wigen re-examine the basic geographical divisions we take for granted. Their up-to-the-minute study reflects both on the global scale and its relation to the specific continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa actually part of one contiguous landmass. Photos. maps.
Download or read book The Monstrous Races in Medieval Art and Thought written by John Block Friedman and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond the boundaries of the known Christian world during the Middle Ages, there were alien cultures that intrigued, puzzled, and sometimes frightened the people of Europe. The reports of travelers in Africa and Asia revealed that "monstrous" races of men lived there, whose appearance and customs were quite different from the European norm. This book examines the impact of these races upon Western art, literature, and philosophy, from their earliest mention until the age of exploration. Friedman furnishes a descriptive catalog of the races, most of which were real, geographically remote peoples, some of which were fabled creatures that served as symbols. He traces the evolution of European attitudes toward them, with particular emphasis on the high Middle Ages, when they seem most strongly to have captured the Western imagination. Ranging through literature, the arts, cartography, canon law, and theology, he considers the widely varying ways in which Christians viewed and depicted strange races of men. Finally, he examines transformations in European consciousness brought about by the discoveries of the exotic peoples of the Americas. Whatever their form—pygmy, giant, hirsute cave—dweller, cyclops, or Amazon-the monstrous races clearly challenged the traditional concept of man in the Christian world scheme. It is the medieval thinking about this challenge that Mr. Friedman addresses in this revealing account.
Download or read book Compass written by Mathias Énard and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 Prix Goncourt, an astounding novel that bridges Europe and the Islamic world Winner of the Prix Goncourt (France), the Leipzig Prize (Germany), Premio Von Rezzori (Italy), shortlisted for the 2017 International Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award As night falls over Vienna, Franz Ritter, an insomniac musicologist, takes to his sickbed with an unspecified illness and spends a restless night drifting between dreams and memories, revisiting the important chapters of his life: his ongoing fascination with the Middle East and his numerous travels to Istanbul, Aleppo, Damascus, and Tehran, as well as the various writers, artists, musicians, academics, orientalists, and explorers who populate this vast dreamscape. At the center of these memories is his elusive, unrequited love, Sarah, a fiercely intelligent French scholar caught in the intricate tension between Europe and the Middle East. With exhilarating prose and sweeping erudition, Mathias Énard pulls astonishing elements from disparate sources—nineteenth-century composers and esoteric orientalists, Balzac and Agatha Christie—and binds them together in a most magical way.
Download or read book Russian Orientalism written by David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, the author examines Russian thinking about the Orient before the Revolution of 1917. He argues that the Russian Empire's bi-continental geography and the complicated nature of its encounter with Asia have all resulted in a variegated understanding of the East among its people.
