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05097aam a2200577 i 4500 001 1EB7979878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 210309t20212021enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1800348576 020 $a 9781800348578 035 $a (OCoLC)1240773160 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d AUXAM $d LRU $d BUF $d HDC $d UAB $d FIE $d STF $d PIT $d IND $d CDX $d BBH $d MTG $d QGK $d NUI $d SILO 043 $a e-fr--- $a a-ir--- $a e-uk--- $a e-fr--- 245 00 $a Persia and the Enlightenment / $c edited by Cyrus Masroori, Whitney Mannies and John Christian Laursen. 264 1 $a [Liverpool] : $b Liverpool University Press on behalf of Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, $c [2021] 300 $a vii, 273 pages : $b illustration ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment, $x 2634-8047 ; $v 2021:09 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-259) and index. 505 00 $t "Peuplade estimable" : late-eighteenth-century radical critics of religion and the Ghebres / $r Erica J. Mannucci. $t The background : European knowledge of Persia before the Enlightenment / $r Cyrus Masroori and John Christian Laursen -- $t Religious tolerance, intolerance, and absolutism in Safavid Persia and their representations in early Enlightenment European travel literature / $r John Marshall -- $t Persian theology and the checkmate of Christian theology : Bayle and the problem of evil / $r Marta GarcÃa-Alonso -- $t Oriental patriotism? Eighteenth-century French representations of Nadir Shah / $r Rolando Minuti -- $t The tolerant Persia in Montesquieu's Persian letters / $r AntoÌnio Carlos dos Santos -- $t George Lyttelton's Letters from a Persian : Persia and politics in eighteenth-century English fiction / $r Cyrus Masroori -- $t Voltaire and Persia, or how to use Orient against Occident / $r Myrtille Méricam-Bourdet -- $t Persia in Diderot's Encyclopédie / $r Whitney Mannies -- $t "Peuplade estimable" : late-eighteenth-century radical critics of religion and the Ghebres / $r Erica J. Mannucci. 520 $a "Since the 5th century BCE Persia has played a significant part in representing the "Other" against which European identity has been constructed. What makes the case of Persia unique in this process of identity formation is the ambivalent attitude that Europe has shown in its imaginary about Persia. Persia is arguably the nation of "the Orient" most referred to in Early Modern European writings, frequently mentioned in various discourses of the Enlightenment including theology, literature, and political theory. What was the appeal of Persia to such a diverse intellectual population in Enlightenment Europe? How did intellectuals engage with the 'facts' about Persia? In what ways did utilizing Persia contribute to the development of modern European identities? In this volume, an international group of scholars with diverse academic backgrounds has tackled these and other questions related to the Enlightenment's engagement with Persia. In doing so, Persia and the Enlightenment questions reductionist assessments of Modern Europe's encounter with the Middle East, where a complex engagement is simplified to a confrontation between liberalism and Islam, or an exaggerated Orientalism. By carefully studying Persia in the Enlightenment narratives, this volume throws new light on the complexity of intercultural encounters and their impact on the shaping of collective identities"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Orientalism $z Europe, Western $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Orientalism in literature. 650 0 $a East and West in literature. 650 0 $a Enlightenment $z Europe, Western. 650 0 $a Public opinion $z Europe, Western $x History $y 18th century. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Intellectual life $y 18th century. 651 0 $a France $x Intellectual life $y 18th century. 651 0 $a Iran $x In literature. 650 7 $a East and West in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901093 650 7 $a Enlightenment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00912527 650 7 $a Intellectual life. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975769 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Orientalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01048139 650 7 $a Orientalism in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01048143 650 7 $a Public opinion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01082785 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a Iran. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204889 651 7 $a Western Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01272478 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Masroori, Cyrus, $e editor. 700 1 $a Mannies, Whitney, $e editor. 700 1 $a Laursen, John Christian, $e editor. 710 2 $a Voltaire Foundation, $e issuing body. 773 18 $w 990075856550202771 $g no:31858071294189 830 0 $a Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; $v 2021:09. $x 2634-8047 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117014215.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1EB7979878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search