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AN IMAM IN PARIS
ACCOUNT OF A STAY IN FRANCE BY AN EGYPTIAN CLERIC (1826-1831) |
| By: |
Daniel L. Newman |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£15.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0863568904 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780863568909 |
| Publisher: |
SAQI BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
5 December, 2011 |
| Edition: |
Annotated edition |
| Series: |
Saqi Essentials S. |
| Pages: |
414 |
| Description: |
An irrefutable classic, this new edition of the first English translation is of seminal value. It is introduced and carefully annotated by a scholar fluent in the life, times and milieu of its narrator. |
| Synopsis: |
n the 1820s, Rifa'a Rafi' al-Tahtawi, a young Muslim cleric, was a leading member of the first Egyptian educational mission to Paris, where he remained for five years, documenting his observations of European culture. His account, Takhlis al-Ibriz fi Talkhis Bariz, is one of the earliest and most influential records of the Muslim encounter with Enlightenment-era European thought, introducing ideas of modernity to his native land. In addition to its historical and literary value, al-Tahtawi's work offers invaluable insight into early conceptions of Europe and the 'Other'. Its observations are as vibrant and palpable today as they were over 150 years ago; informative and often acute, to humorous effect. An irrefutable classic, this new edition of the first English translation is of seminal value. It is introduced and carefully annotated by a scholar fluent in the life, times and milieu of its narrator. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Saqi Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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