A CENTURY OF BRITISH ORIENTALISTS, 1902-2001 by Professor Clifford Edmund Bosworth (Editor) ( 9780197262436 )

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A CENTURY OF BRITISH ORIENTALISTS, 1902-2001

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Professor Clifford Edmund Bosworth (Editor)

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25 October, 2001

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British Academy Centenary Monographs

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270

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The evolution of Oriental Studies in Britain over the last century is traced in thirteen essays on key figures (twelve of them Fellows of the British Academy). They exemplify the outstanding contribution of British scholars to Oriental scholarship, within the general trend in the West to understand and interpret the civilisations of the East sympathetically. With important changes of methodology and approach to the cultures and religions of Asia, the twentiethcentury has been an exciting and fruitful period for Oriental Studies in Britain.

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The evolution of Oriental Studies in Britain over the last century is traced in thirteen essays on key figures (twelve of them Fellows of the British Academy). They exemplify the outstanding contribution of British scholars to Oriental scholarship, within the general trend in the West to understand and interpret the civilisations of the East sympathetically. Through the careers and achievements of these influential scholars these essays shed light on studies ranging from Ancient Egyptian and Hebrew, through Arabic, Persian and Turkish, to Indology, Chinese and Japanese. With important changes of methodology and approach to the cultures and religions of Asia, the twentieth century has been an exciting and fruitful period for Oriental Studies in Britain.

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