Persophilia - Persian Culture on the Global Scene

Informationen zum Autor Hamid Dabashi is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Klappentext From antiquity to the Enlightenment, Persian culture has been integral to European history. Interest in all things Persian shaped not just Western views but the self-image of Iranians to the present day. Hamid Dabashi maps the changing geography of these connections, showing that traffic in ideas about Persia did not travel on a one-way street. Zusammenfassung From antiquity to the Enlightenment! Persian culture has been integral to European history. Interest in all things Persian shaped not just Western views but the self-image of Iranians to the present day. Hamid Dabashi maps the changing geography of these connections! showing that traffic in ideas about Persia did not travel on a one-way street.

Product details

• Authors: Hamid Dabashi
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780674504691
• ISBN: 978-0-674-50469-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; European History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Literature & literary studies, Literature: history & criticism, Middle Eastern history, Literature: history and criticism, Biography, Literature and Literary studies