| Orientalism in Louis XIV's France Contributor(s): Dew, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199234841 ISBN-13: 9780199234844 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Before the Enlightenment, and before the imperialism of the later eighteenth century, how did European readers find out about the varied cultures of Asia? Orientalism in Louis XIV's France presents a history of Oriental studies in seventeenth-century France, revealing the prominence within the intellectual culture of the period that was given to studies of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Chinese texts, as well as writings on Mughal India. The Orientalist writers studied here produced books that would become sources used throughout the eighteenth century. Nicholas Dew places these scholars in their own context as members of the "republic of letters" in the age of the scientific revolution and the early Enlightenment. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - History | Europe - France - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2009009583 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
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| Publisher Description: This title presents a history of Oriental studies in 17th century France, revealing the prominence within the intellectual culture of the period that was given to studies of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Chinese texts, as well as writings on Mughal India. |
