Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
Jürgen Osterhammel’s Unfabling the East examines the Enlightenment’s encounter with Asia. Focusing on the ways Asia was perceived and understood, this historical study considers cross-cultural knowledge, interpretation, and the intellectual relationship between European thought and the wider Asian world.
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Unfabling the East explores the Enlightenment’s encounter with Asia.
Jürgen Osterhammel considers how Asia was perceived, described, and understood in the intellectual world of the Enlightenment.
The book offers a historical examination of cross-cultural knowledge and interpretation.
It is suited to readers interested in Asian history, Enlightenment thought, and the history of ideas.
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