Historic Engagements with Occidental Cultures, Religions, Powers [electronic resource] /
Richards, A.editor.
Omidvar, I.editor.
This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by eastern travelers to the West. Considered in depth are evolutions in mental frameworks and practices that led to the emergence of anticolonial consciousness and strategies of protest.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Recovering Oriental Perspectives on the West; Part I Western and Eastern Europe; 1 Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Crystal Palace; 2 The Moor's First Sight: ; Part II Northern Africa and Western Asia; 3 Ubeydullah Effendi in the United States: ; 4 Imperial Narratives: ; 5 Two Muslim Travelers to the West in the Nineteenth Century; Part III Southern Asia; 6 Ajaibat-e-Farang: Yousuf Khan Kambalposh's Metropolitan Journey and Ways of Seeing the West
7 "The International Colour Line Has Been Challenged": 8 Reactions of Two Bengali Women Travelers: ; Part IV Eastern and South-Eastern Asia; 9 Chinese Culture and Western Technology:; 10 Balinese Art, Religion, and Community in the Netherlands; 11 Shigetsu Sasaki:; 12 Un-canning the Canny:; Conclusion Religion, Transculturalism, and Consciousness; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes index.
This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by eastern travelers to the West. Considered in depth are evolutions in mental frameworks and practices that led to the emergence of anticolonial consciousness and strategies of protest.
Religions.
Religion-History.
Religion and sociology.
Comparative Religion.
History of Religion.
Religion and Society.