Unfabling the East
The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
During the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic and colorful book, Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan. Osterhammel shows how major figures such as Leibniz, Voltaire, Edward Gibbon, and Hegel took a keen interest in Asian culture and history, and introduces lesser-known scientific travelers, colonial administrators, Jesuit missionaries, and adventurers who returned home from Asia bearin…
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Weitere Autoren: Savage, Robert (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-691-17272-9
- EAN: 9780691172729
- Produktnummer: 24191859
- Verlag: University Presses
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 696 S.
- Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.7 cm x D6.0 cm 1'076 g
- Gewicht: 1076
Über den Autor
Jürgen Osterhammel is professor of modern and contemporary history at the University of Konstanz. He is a recipient of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, Germany's most prestigious academic award. His books include The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century and, with Jan C. Jansen, Decolonization: A Short History (both Princeton). He lives in Freiburg, Germany.
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