For Lust Of Knowing: The Orientalists And Their Enemies

The history of Orientalism shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the chronology of Harun al-Rashid's military campaigns against Byzantium, scholars have been unified by their shared obsession. This book is a work of scholarship.

• | By (Author): Robert Irwin
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• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jan 25, 2007
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 416 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0140289232
• | ISBN-13: 9780140289237