Hassan Bashir

Europe and the Eastern Other

Comparative Perspectives on Politics, Religion and Culture before the Enlightenment

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing encounters between Europeans and their eastern others before the European Enlightenment, this book illustrates that adopting an intercultural perspective in western political theory is necessary because the West's cultural others have played a foundational role in developing a distinct western cultural self-understanding.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9780739197332
• ISBN-10: 0739197339
• Artikelnr.: 40788087

Autorenporträt

LL.M

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction: Towards a more Inclusive Discipline of Political
Theory Chapter 2: Between Euro-Centrism and Euro-Denial: The case for
Comparative Political Theory Chapter 3: "No People and a Foolish Nation":
The Thirteenth Century Mongol Empire Through Western Eyes Chapter 4: "Wise
men of the Franks": Jesuit Missionaries at the Court of Indian Emperor
Akbar the Great Chapter 5: "Delusions of Celestial Perfection": The
Encounter between Jesuit Missionaries and the Chinese Literati in Early
Modern China Chapter 6: Conclusions: Otherness, Canonicity and Comparative
Political Theory