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Author:
Irwin, Robert, 1946-
Title:
Dangerous knowledge : orientalism and its discontents / Robert Irwin.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Overlook Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
409 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Orientalism.
Middle East--Study and teaching.
Asia--Study and teaching.
Middle East--Foreign public opinion, Occidental.
Asia--Foreign public opinion, Occidental.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The clash of ancient civilizations -- An ancient heresy of a new paganism -- Renaissance orientalism -- The holiness of Oriental studies -- Enlightenment of a sort -- Oriental studies in the age of stream and cant -- A house divided against itself -- The all too brief heyday of Orientalism -- An enquiry into the nature of a certain twentieth-century polemic -- Enemies of Orientalism.
ISBN:
158567835X
9781585678358
LCCN:
2006046416
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)
N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)
OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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