'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.
By:
Robert Irwin 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:25 January 2007 Audience:
General/trade
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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.