For Lust of Knowing
The Orientalists and Their Enemies
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
25 January 2007
Summary
‘About nine parts erudite civil charm to one part blazing napalm … wonderfully well-informed’ - Sunday Times
Robert Irwin’s history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun al-Rashid’s military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified not by politics or ideology but by their shared obsessio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140289237 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140289232 |
| Author: | Robert Irwin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 303g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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Robert Irwin
Robert Irwin is a publisher and writer of fiction and non-fiction. His works of non-fiction include The Arabian Nights, Islamic Art, Night & Horses & the Desert and The Alhambra.
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