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  title info:
    title: Persia and the Enlightenment
  name:
    name part: Masroori, Cyrus
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Mannies, Whitney
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  name:
    name part: Laursen, John Christian
    role:
      role term: contributor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (288 pages).
  abstract: Since the 5th century BCE Persia has played a significant part in representing the "Other" against which European identity has been constructed. What makes the case of Persia unique in this process of identity formation is the ambivalent attitude that Europe has shown in its imaginary about Persia. Persia is arguably the nation of "the Orient" most referred to in Early Modern European writings, frequently mentioned in various discourses of the Enlightenment including theology, literature, and political theory. What was the appeal of Persia to such a diverse intellectual population in Enlightenment Europe? How did intellectuals engage with the 'facts' about Persia? In what ways did utilizing Persia contribute to the development of modern European identities? In this volume, an international group of scholars with diverse academic backgrounds has tackled these and other questions related to the Enlightenment's engagement with Persia. In doing so, Persia and the Enlightenment questions...
  note: Masroori, Cyrus; Mannies, Whitney; Laursen, John Christian.
  subject:
    topic: Western philosophy: Enlightenment
  subject:
    topic: Social & political philosophy
  subject:
    topic: Western philosophy: Enlightenment
  subject:
    topic: Social & political philosophy
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2021:09
  identifier: 9781800857940
  identifier: 1800857942
  identifier: 9781800348578
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: UKLUP
    record creation date: 210911
    record change date: 20240904140329.0
    record identifier: in00005469486
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng