Orientalism and Islam : European thinkers on Oriental despotism in the Middle East and India /

Through an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Michael Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient. The book also criticizes the misconception that the Orient was the constant victim of Western imperialism and the view that Westerner...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Michael, 1923- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
Dictatorship > Islamic countries.
Islam and politics.
Asiatic mode of production.
Social scientists > Europe > Attitudes > History.
Public opinion > Europe > History.
Political science > Europe > History.
Dictature > Pays musulmans.
Mode de production asiatique.
Spécialistes des sciences sociales > Europe > Attitudes > Histoire.
Opinion publique > Europe > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > General.
Dictatorship.
Political science.
Public opinion.
Public opinion, European.
Social scientists > Attitudes.
Despotie
Politisches Denken
Maatschappijkritiek.
Oriëntalisme.
Islamic countries > Foreign public opinion, European.
Europe.
Islamic countries.
Westliche Welt
Naher Osten
Islamitische wereld.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: What's past is prologue
  • -- European views of Islam and their correlation with Oriental despotism
  • - Observant travelers
  • - Political thinkers and the Orient
  • - The Oriental despotic universe of Montesquieu
  • - Edmund Burke and despotism in India
  • - Alexis de Tocqueville and colonization
  • - James Mill and John Stuart Mill : despotism in India
  • - Karl Marx : the Asiatic mode of production and Oriental despotism
  • - Max Weber : patrimonialism as a political type.

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