Orientalism, Philology, and the Illegibility of the Modern World Contributor(s): Trüper, Henning (Author), Koskenniemi, Martti (Editor), Stråth, Bo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1350117374 ISBN-13: 9781350117372 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - General - History | Europe - Germany - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
Series: Europe's Legacy in the Modern World |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.54 lbs) 376 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - Germany |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Orientalism, Philology, and the Illegibility of the Modern World examines the philology of orientalism. It discusses how European (and in particular German) orientalism has influenced the modern understanding of how language accesses reality and offers a critical reinterpretation of orientalism, ontology and modernity. This book pushes an innovative focus on the global history of knowledge as entangled between European and non-European cultures. Drawing from formal oriental studies, epigraphy, travel literature, and theology, Henning Tr per explores how the attempt to appropriate the world by attaching language to the notion of a 'real' reference in the world ultimately produced a crisis of meaning. In the process, Tr per convincingly challenges received understandings of the intellectual genealogies of oriental scholarship and its practices. This ground-breaking study is a meaningful contribution to current discourses about philology and significantly adds to our understanding about the relationship between discursive practices, cultural agendas, and political systems. As such, it will be of immense value to scholars researching Europe and the modern world, the history of philology, and those seeking to historicise the prevalent debates in theory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Strath, Bo: - Bo Stråth is Professor of Contemporary History, at the European University Institute, Florence. |