The Birth of Orientalism /

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"Modern Orientalism is not a brainchild of nineteenth-century European imperialists and colonialists, but, as Urs App demonstrates, was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology. Based on sources fr...

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Main Author: App, Urs, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Östasiatiska religioner > influenser > historia > 1700-talet.
Indiska religioner > influenser > historia > 1700-talet.
Orientalism > historia > Europa > 1700-talet.
orientalisme > Europe > 18e s.
Religionswissenschaft.
Religion.
Asienbild.
Orientalismus.
Theoriendynamik
Religion
Orientbild
Orientalismus > Kunst
Ideengeschichte
Hinduismus
Buddhismus
Religions > Study and teaching.
Religion > Study and teaching.
Orientalism.
Intellectual life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Religions > Étude et enseignement > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Orientalisme > Europe > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Orientalism > Europe > History > 18th century.
Religions > Study and teaching > History > 18th century.
Europa > intellektuellt liv > asiatiska influenser > historia > 1700-talet.
Europa.
Europa
Asien
Europe.
Asia.
Europe > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siecle.
Asie > Religion > Étude et enseignement > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Asia > Religion > Study and teaching > History > 18th century.
Europe > Intellectual life > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Voltaire's Veda
  • Ziegenbalg's and La Croze's discoveries
  • Diderot's Buddhist Brahmins
  • De Guignes's Chinese Vedas
  • Ramsay's Ur-tradition
  • Holwell's religion of paradise
  • Anquetil-Duperron's search for the true Vedas
  • Volney's revolutions.

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