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For Lust of Knowing

The Orientalists and Their Enemies

Robert Irwin

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Turkish
Penguin
25 January 2007
'About nine parts erudite civil charm to one part blazing napalm ... wonderfully well-informed' Sunday Times

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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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   303g
ISBN:   9780140289237
ISBN 10:   0140289232
Pages:   416
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Language:   Turkish
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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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