From Orientalism to Postcolonialism: Asia, Europe and the Lineages of Difference

by Sucheta Mazumdar

Book Overview

This book uses a historical and theoretical focus to examine the key of issues of the Enlightenment, Orientalism, concepts of identity and difference, and the contours of different modernities in relation to both local and global shaping forces, including the spread of capitalism.

The contributors present eight in-depth studies and a substantial theoretical introduction, utilizing primary and secondary sources in Turkish, Farsi, Chinese,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415547407
• ISBN13: 9780415547406
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"