Orientalism and Islam: European Thinkers on Oriental Despotism in the Middle East and India

ISBN-13: 9780521767255 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 392 str.

Michael Curtis

Opis

Through an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient.

Recenzje

'… provides clear evidence of the persistence and deep-rootedness of the Orient in both the foreground and background of the European mind.' A. N. Isstaif, Journal of Islamic Studies

Spis treści

1. European views of Islam and their correlation with Oriental despotism; 2. Observant travelers; 3. Political thinkers and the orient; 4. The Oriental despotic university of Montesquieu; 5. Edmund Burke and despotism in India; 6. Alexis de Tocqueville and colonization; 7. James Mill and John Stuart Mill: despotism in India; 8. Karl Marx: the Asiatic mode of production and Oriental despotism; 9. Max Weber: patrimonialism as a political type; 10. Conclusion.