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Comte de Gobineau and orientalism : selected eastern writings /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Colección: | Culture and civilisation in the Middle East.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Note on text and transliteration
- Introductory essay
- Three years in Asia: The nation
- 2. Religion
- 3. The Sufis
- 4. The condition of individuals
- 5. Characters, social relations
- 6. Probable results of relations between Europe and Asia
- Religions and philosophies of Central Asia: 1. Religious and moral character of Asiatics
- 2. Faith of the Arabs, origin and development of Shi'ism
- 3. Beginnings of Babism
- 4. Development of Babism
- 5. Battles and successes of the Babis in Mazandaran
- 6. Fall of the castle of Shaykh Tabarsi, trouble in Zanjan
- 7. Insurrection in Zanjan, captivity and death of the Bab
- 8. Attempt on the king's life
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.