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Unfabling the East - The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia (Paperback)
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Unfabling the East - The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia (Paperback)
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How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring
itself against the great civilizations of Asia During the long
eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals
looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In
this panoramic book, Jurgen Osterhammel tells the story of the
European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great
civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to
China and Japan. He shows how major figures such as Leibniz,
Voltaire, and Gibbon took a keen interest in Asian culture and
challenges the notion that Europe's formative engagement with the
non-European world was invariably marred by an imperial gaze and
presumptions of Western superiority. A momentous work by one of
Europe's most eminent historians, Unfabling the East brings the
sights and sounds of this tumultuous age vividly to life. It takes
readers on a thrilling voyage to the farthest shores, bringing back
vital insights for our own multicultural age.
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