The Light of Asia - A History of Western Fascination with the East

The Light of Asia is a wonderfully varied and entertaining history of the many ways in which Asia has shaped European and North American culture over centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters, and the central importance of this vexed, often confused relationship. From Marco Polo onwards Asia has been both a source of genuine fascination and equally genuine failures of comprehension. China, India and Japan were all acknowledged to be both great civilizations and in crude ways seen as superseded by the West. From Chicago to Calcutta, and from antiquity to the new millennium, this is a rich, involving story of misunderstandings and sincere connection, of inspiration and falsehood, of geniuses, adventurers and con-men.

Christopher Harding''s captivating gallery of people and places celebrates Asia''s impact on the West in all its variety.<>

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Harding, Harding Christopher
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9780141992273
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199227-3
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 199 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Europe, Asia, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, HISTORY / Europe / Western, ART / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Religion & beliefs, Social and cultural history, North America (USA and Canada), Cultural studies: customs and traditions, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics