First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.
First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.
Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a …
First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.
First systematic, inclusive study of the impact of the high civilizations of Asia on the development of modern Western civilization.
The concept and study of orientalism in Western culture gained a changed understanding from Edward Said's now iconic 1978 book Orientalism. Especially in Germany, however, recent debate has moved beyond Said's definition ofthe phenomenon, highlighting the multiple forms of orien…