For lust of knowing : the orientalists and their enemies /: the orientalists and their enemies. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Irwin.
• Other Names: Irwin, Robert, 1946-
• Contents: The clash of ancient civilizations -- An ancient heresy or a new paganism -- Renaissance Orientalism -- The holiness of Oriental studies -- Enlightenment of a sort -- Oriental studies in the age of steam and cant -- A house divided against itself -- The all too brief heyday of Orientalism -- An enquiry into the nature of a certain twentieth-century polemic -- Enemies of Orientalism.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (409 pages)
• Subjects: 950.07; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies; Orientalism; Asianists; Middle East specialists; Asianists; Middle East specialists; Orientalism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; Cultural Studies; Historiography; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141901800; 0141901802
• Related ISBNs: 0140289232; 9780140289237
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.