The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This text investigates how the Muslim Middle East was imagined in Christian Europe, focusing on the notion of sublime power and how the Orient was viewed as a negative image of European concepts.

The history of western notions about Islam is of obvious scholarly as well as popular interest today. This text investigates how the Muslim Middle East was imagined in Christian Europe, focusing on the notion of sublime power and how the Orient was viewed as a negative image of European concepts.