Description: Comte De Gobineau and Orientalism : Selected Eastern Writings, Hardcover by O'donoghue, Daniel (TRN); Nash, Geoffrey (EDT), ISBN 041544019X, ISBN-13 9780415440196, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK 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.
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Book Title: Comte De Gobineau and Orientalism : Selected Eastern Writings
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Comte De Gobineau and Orientalism: Selected Eastern Writings
Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: History
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 522 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Geoffrey Nash, Daniel O'donoghue
Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
