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Robert Irwin
For Lust of Knowing [EPUB ebook]
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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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 416 ● ISBN 9780141901800 ● Casa editrice Penguin Books Ltd ● Pubblicato 2007 ● Scaricabile 6 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2268105 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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