Idols in the East: European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450
Representations of Muslims have never been more common in the Western imagination than they are today. Building on Orientalist stereotypes constructed over centuries, the figure of the wily Arab has given rise, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, to the "Islamist" terrorist. In Idols...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Representations of Muslims have never been more common in the Western imagination than they are today. Building on Orientalist stereotypes constructed over centuries, the figure of the wily Arab has given rise, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, to the "Islamist" terrorist. In Idols in the East, Suzanne Conklin Akbari explores the premodern background of some of the Orientalist types still pervasive in present-day depictions of Muslims-the irascible and irrational Arab, the religiously deviant Islamist-and about how these stereotypes developed over time. Idols in the East contributes to the recent surge of interest in European encounters with Islam and the Orient in the premodern world. Focusing on the medieval period, Akbari examines a broad range of texts including encyclopedias, maps, medical and astronomical treatises, chansons de geste, romances, and allegories to paint an unusually diverse portrait of medieval culture. Among the texts she considers are The Book of John Mandeville, The Song of Roland, Parzival, and Dante's Divine Comedy. From them she reveals how medieval writers and readers understood and explained the differences they saw between themselves and the Muslim other.Looking forward, Akbari also comes to terms with how these medieval conceptions fit with modern discussions of Orientalism, thus providing an important theoretical link to postcolonial and postimperial scholarship on later periods. Far reaching in its implications and balanced in its judgments, Idols in the East will be of great interest to not only scholars and students of the Middle Ages but also anyone interested in the roots of Orientalism and its tangled relationship to modern racism and anti-Semitism |
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| spelling | Akbari, Suzanne Conklin ca. 20./21. Jh. Verfasser (DE-588)132349590 aut Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 Suzanne Conklin Akbari Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press 2009 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 323 Seiten) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Representations of Muslims have never been more common in the Western imagination than they are today. Building on Orientalist stereotypes constructed over centuries, the figure of the wily Arab has given rise, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, to the "Islamist" terrorist. In Idols in the East, Suzanne Conklin Akbari explores the premodern background of some of the Orientalist types still pervasive in present-day depictions of Muslims-the irascible and irrational Arab, the religiously deviant Islamist-and about how these stereotypes developed over time. Idols in the East contributes to the recent surge of interest in European encounters with Islam and the Orient in the premodern world. Focusing on the medieval period, Akbari examines a broad range of texts including encyclopedias, maps, medical and astronomical treatises, chansons de geste, romances, and allegories to paint an unusually diverse portrait of medieval culture. Among the texts she considers are The Book of John Mandeville, The Song of Roland, Parzival, and Dante's Divine Comedy. From them she reveals how medieval writers and readers understood and explained the differences they saw between themselves and the Muslim other.Looking forward, Akbari also comes to terms with how these medieval conceptions fit with modern discussions of Orientalism, thus providing an important theoretical link to postcolonial and postimperial scholarship on later periods. Far reaching in its implications and balanced in its judgments, Idols in the East will be of great interest to not only scholars and students of the Middle Ages but also anyone interested in the roots of Orientalism and its tangled relationship to modern racism and anti-Semitism Geschichte 1100-1450 gnd rswk-swf Christentum Geschichte Christianity and other religions Islam Islam in literature Islam Relations Christianity Orientalism History To 1500 Orientbild (DE-588)4122305-6 gnd rswk-swf Islambild (DE-588)4351632-4 gnd rswk-swf Orient (DE-588)4075699-3 gnd rswk-swf Europa (DE-588)4015701-5 gnd rswk-swf Europa (DE-588)4015701-5 g Orientbild (DE-588)4122305-6 s Geschichte 1100-1450 z DE-604 Islambild (DE-588)4351632-4 s Orient (DE-588)4075699-3 g Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 978-0-8014-4807-2 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801464980 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Akbari, Suzanne Conklin ca. 20./21. Jh Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 Christentum Geschichte Christianity and other religions Islam Islam in literature Islam Relations Christianity Orientalism History To 1500 Orientbild (DE-588)4122305-6 gnd Islambild (DE-588)4351632-4 gnd |
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| title | Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 |
| title_auth | Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 |
| title_exact_search | Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 |
| title_full | Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 Suzanne Conklin Akbari |
| title_fullStr | Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 Suzanne Conklin Akbari |
| title_full_unstemmed | Idols in the East European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 Suzanne Conklin Akbari |
| title_short | Idols in the East |
| title_sort | idols in the east european representations of islam and the orient 1100 1450 |
| title_sub | European representations of Islam and the Orient, 1100-1450 |
| topic | Christentum Geschichte Christianity and other religions Islam Islam in literature Islam Relations Christianity Orientalism History To 1500 Orientbild (DE-588)4122305-6 gnd Islambild (DE-588)4351632-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | Christentum Geschichte Christianity and other religions Islam Islam in literature Islam Relations Christianity Orientalism History To 1500 Orientbild Islambild Orient Europa |
| url | https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801464980 |
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