The Birth of Orientalism by App, Urs
The Birth of Orientalism by App, Urs

The Birth of Orientalism

Modern Orientalism is not a brainchild of nineteenth-century European imperialists and colonialists, but, as Urs App demonstrates,...
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
SKU: 9780812223460
Product Type: Books
Please hurry! Only 546 left in stock
Author: Urs App
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Subtotal: $85.63
10 customers are viewing this product
The Birth of Orientalism by App, Urs

The Birth of Orientalism

$85.63
The Birth of Orientalism by App, Urs

The Birth of Orientalism

$85.63
Author: Urs App
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Modern Orientalism is not a brainchild of nineteenth-century European imperialists and colonialists, but, as Urs App demonstrates, was born in the eighteenth century after a very long gestation period defined less by economic or political motives than by religious ideology.

Based on sources from a dozen languages, many unavailable in English, The Birth of Orientalism presents a completely new picture of this protracted genesis, its underlying dynamics, and the Western discovery of Asian religions from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. App documents the immense influence of Japan and China and describes how the Near Eastern cradle of civilization moved toward mother India. Moreover, he shows that some of India's purportedly oldest texts were products of eighteenth-century European authors.

Though Western engagement with non-Abrahamic Asian religions reaches back to antiquity and can without exaggeration be called the largest-scale religiocultural encounter in history, it has so far received surprisingly little attention--which is why some of its major features and their role in the birth of modern Orientalism are described here for the first time. The study of Asian documents had a profound impact on Europe's intellectual makeup. Suddenly the Bible had much older competitors from China and India, Sanskrit threatened to replace Hebrew as the world's oldest language, and Judeo-Christianity appeared as a local phenomenon on a dramatically expanded, worldwide canvas of religions and mythologies. Orientalists were called upon as arbiters in a clash that involved neither gold and spices nor colonialism and imperialism but, rather, such fundamental questions as where we come from and who we are: questions of identity that demanded new answers as biblical authority dramatically waned.

Author: Urs App
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 10/30/2015
Pages: 568
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.27d
ISBN: 9780812223460

About the Author
Urs App is a researcher with the Swiss National Research Fund.
Shipping & Return

Returns Policy

You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.).

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, simply login to your account, view the order using the "Complete Orders" link under the My Account menu and click the Return Item(s) button. We'll notify you via e-mail of your refund once we've received and processed the returned item.

Shipping

We can ship to virtually any address in the world. Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations.

When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.

Please also note that the shipping rates for many items we sell are weight-based. The weight of any such item can be found on its detail page. To reflect the policies of the shipping companies we use, all weights will be rounded up to the next full pound.

Review

Related Products

Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD
Example product title
$85.63 SGD
$85.63 SGD

Recently Viewed Products