European perceptions of Islam and America from Saladin to George W. Bush : Europe's fragile ego uncovered / Peter O'Brien.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009الطبعات:1st edوصف:x, 230 pages ; 22 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230613055 (hbk)
- 9780230613058 (hbk)
- DS35.74.E85 O37 2009
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS35.74.E85 O37 2009 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000040034 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS35.74.E85 O37 2009 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000040028 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-217) and index.
Pt. I. Eurocentrism -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Quest for Subjective Eurocentrisrn -- Pt. II. Rival to the East -- 3. The Discovery of Islamic Superiority (1095-1453) -- 4. Lingering Asian Superiority (1453-1776) -- Pt. III. Rival to the West -- 5. The Real American Revolution (1776-1820) -- 6. America Ascendant (1820-1914) -- 7. World America (1918-Present).
"The study unearths in European writings about chief rivals - Islamic civilization between the first Crusade in 1095 and the final Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, and the United States of America from independence in 1776 until the present - persistent solicitude regarding Europe's capacity to lead the world. Intriguingly, however, this very self-doubt prompted the kind of intense introspection which helped, in the past, to forge seismic progressive reform movements such as the Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution that ultimately propelled Europe past a more inward-looking Islam and which, today, may very well be positioning a rapidly transforming Europe Union to counter the hegemony of a seemingly smug America. The study concludes that frail, if not low self-esteem has played a significant role in the formation of European identity."--BOOK JACKET.