Unfabling the East : : The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia / / Jürgen Osterhammel.
How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring 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, J...
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Osterhammel, Jürgen, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Unfabling the East : The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia / Jürgen Osterhammel. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (696 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. introduction: Looking to the East -- PATHWAYS OF KNOWLEDGE -- II. Asia and Europe: Borders, Hierarchies, Equilibria -- III. Changing Perspectives -- IV. Traveling -- V. Encounters -- VI. Eyewitnesses-Earwitnesses: Experiencing Asia -- VII. Reporting, Editing, Reading: From Lived Experience to Printed Text -- THE PRESENT AND THE PAST -- VIII. The Raw Forces of History. Apocalyptic Horsemen, Conquerors, Usurpers -- IX. Savages and Barbarians -- X. Real and Unreal Despots -- XI. Societies -- XII. Women -- XIII. Into a New Age: The Rise of Eurocentrism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring 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.Here is the acclaimed book that challenges the notion that Europe's formative engagement with the non-European world was invariably marred by an imperial gaze and presumptions of Western superiority. Osterhammel shows how major figures such as Leibniz, Voltaire, 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 bearing manuscripts in many exotic languages, huge collections of ethnographic data, and stories that sometimes defied belief. Osterhammel brings the sights and sounds of this tumultuous age vividly to life, from the salons of Paris and the lecture halls of Edinburgh to the deserts of Arabia, the steppes of Siberia, and the sumptuous courts of Asian princes. He demonstrates how Europe discovered its own identity anew by measuring itself against its more senior continent, and how it was only toward the end of this period that cruder forms of Eurocentrism--and condescension toward Asia-prevailed.A momentous work by one of Europe's most eminent historians, Unfabling the East takes readers on a thrilling voyage to the farthest shores, bringing back vital insights for our own multicultural age. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) Public opinion Europe. HISTORY / World. bisacsh Savage, Robert. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606591 print 9780691196473 https://doi.org/10.23943/9781400889471?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400889471 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400889471/original |
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