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100 1 a| Harding, Christopher,d| 1978-e| author.=| ^A1296692;

245 14 a| The light of Asia :b| a history of Western fascination with the East /c| Christopher Harding.;

264 1 a| [London] :b| Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books,c| 2024.;

300 a| x, 451 pages :b| illustrations, color maps on endpapers ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Part one outwards: discovering Asia -- Barbaroi Agrioi -- Into India -- Silk, spice, paradise -- Esploratori: Polo and Columbus -- God's marines -- The challenge of China and the promises of Japan -- England's legge-stretchers -- Part two: downwards:fathoming Asia-- In search of souls -- China in Europe -- Calcutta -- Germany's oriental resistance -- Intuiting India: from the vile to the vast -- The light of Asia -- Experiments in truth -- Part three inwards:dwellers of the threshold -- Two worlds -- God? Brahman? Nirvana? -- The hills of the cross -- The palace of light -- Liberation -- Gurus -- New ages -- Onward.;

520 a| "From the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the 20th century much of Asia might have come under Western rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and spiritual influence was fighting back. 'The Light of Asia' is a wonderfully varied and entertaining history of the many ways in which Asia has shaped European and North American culture over centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters, and the central importance of this vexed, often confused relationship. This is a rich, involving story of misunderstandings and sincere connection, of inspiration and falsehood, of geniuses, adventurers and con-men. Christopher Harding's captivating gallery of people and places celebrates Asia's impact on the West in all its variety." --c| Provided by publisher.;

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The light of Asia : a history of Western fascination with the East / Christopher Harding.

Author/creator	Harding, Christopher, 1978- author.
Format	Book
Publication	[London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2024.
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	x, 451 pages : illustrations, color maps on endpapers ; 24 cm
Subjects	Asia--Influence. Asia--History.

Contents	Part one outwards: discovering Asia -- Barbaroi Agrioi -- Into India -- Silk, spice, paradise -- Esploratori: Polo and Columbus -- God's marines -- The challenge of China and the promises of Japan -- England's legge-stretchers -- Part two: downwards:fathoming Asia-- In search of souls -- China in Europe -- Calcutta -- Germany's oriental resistance -- Intuiting India: from the vile to the vast -- The light of Asia -- Experiments in truth -- Part three inwards:dwellers of the threshold -- Two worlds -- God? Brahman? Nirvana? -- The hills of the cross -- The palace of light -- Liberation -- Gurus -- New ages -- Onward.
Abstract	"From the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the 20th century much of Asia might have come under Western rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and spiritual influence was fighting back. 'The Light of Asia' is a wonderfully varied and entertaining history of the many ways in which Asia has shaped European and North American culture over centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters, and the central importance of this vexed, often confused relationship. This is a rich, involving story of misunderstandings and sincere connection, of inspiration and falsehood, of geniuses, adventurers and con-men. Christopher Harding's captivating gallery of people and places celebrates Asia's impact on the West in all its variety." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9780241434444
ISBN	0241434440 (hardcover)

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