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Dangerous knowledge : orientalism and its discontents / Robert Irwin.

By: Irwin, Robert, 1946-
Publisher: Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 409 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781585678358; 158567835XSubject(s): Orientalism | Middle East -- Study and teaching | Asia -- Study and teaching | Middle East -- Foreign public opinion, Occidental | Asia -- Foreign public opinion, OccidentalDDC classification: 303.48/2182105 LOC classification: DS61.85 | .I79 2006
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.
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Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves GEN L 13 IRW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000015371
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.