Orientalism and Islam : European thinkers on Oriental despotism in the Middle East and India

Orientalism and Islam European thinkers on Oriental despotism in the Middle East and India

Through an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Michael Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient. The book also criticizes the misconception that the Orient was the constant victim of Western imperialism and the view that Westerner...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Michael, 1923- (-)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press 2009
Edition:1st publ
Subjects:
Dictadura > Países musulmanes.
Islamismo y política
Opinión pública > Europa.
Ciencia política > Europa > Historia
Países musulmanes > Relaciones > Europa.
Europa > Relaciones > Países musulmanes.
Países musulmanes > Política y gobierno.
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991005169479708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • What's past is prologue
  • European views of Islam and their correlation with Oriental despotism
  • Observant travelers
  • Political thinkers and the Orient
  • The Oriental despotic universe of Montesquieu
  • Edmund Burke and despotism in India
  • Alexis de Tocqueville and colonization
  • James Mill and John Stuart Mill : despotism in India
  • Karl Marx : the Asiatic mode of production and Oriental despotism
  • Max Weber : patrimonialism as a political type.

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