For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and Their Enemies
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For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and Their Enemies

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Robert Irwin’s history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun al-Rashid’s military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified not by politics or ideology but by their shared obsession. For Lust of Knowing is an extraordinary, passionate book, both a sustained argument and a brilliant work of original scholarship.

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Weight 0.303 kg
Dimensions 2.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
Language

Pages

416
Publisher

Year Published

2007-1-25
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0140289232
About The Author

Robert Irwin is a publisher and writer of fiction and non-fiction. His works of non-fiction include The Arabian Nights, Islamic Art, Night & Horses & the Desert and The Alhambra.

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