Europe and the Eastern Other
Comparative Perspectives on Politics, Religion and Culture before the Enlightenment
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Hassan Bashir | ISBN: | 9780739138052 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | December 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hassan Bashir |
| ISBN: | 9780739138052 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | December 13, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
This book critically evaluates and supports the argument for adopting an inter-cultural or comparative approach in western political theory. The analysis of encounters between Europeans and their eastern others before the European Enlightenment illustrates that adopting an inter-cultural perspective in western political theory is necessary because West’s cultural others have played a foundational role in developing a distinct western cultural self-understanding.
This book critically evaluates and supports the argument for adopting an inter-cultural or comparative approach in western political theory. The analysis of encounters between Europeans and their eastern others before the European Enlightenment illustrates that adopting an inter-cultural perspective in western political theory is necessary because West’s cultural others have played a foundational role in developing a distinct western cultural self-understanding.
