Europe and the Eastern other : comparative perspectives on politics, religion and culture before the Enlightenment

Europe and the Eastern other : comparative perspectives on politics, religion and culture before the Enlightenment / Hassan Bashir.

Author/creator	Bashir, Hassan, 1933-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
Description	viii, 140 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Political science--Cross-cultural studies. Cross-cultural studies. Europe--Relations --Asia. Asia--Relations --Europe.

Contents	Introduction: towards a more inclusive discipline of political theory -- Between Euro-centrism and Euro-denial: the case for comparative political theory -- No people and a foolish nation: the thirteenth-century Mongol empire through European eyes -- Wise men of the Franks: Jesuit missionaries at the court of Indian Emperor Akbar the Great -- Delusions of celestial perfection: the encounter between Jesuit missionaries and the Chinese literati in early modern China -- Conclusions: otherness, canonicity, and comparative political theory.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2012041789
ISBN	9780739138038
ISBN	0739138030 (cloth : alk. paper)

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