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Herodotus, in the Eye of the Beholder
Herodotus, in the Eye of the Beholder Darrell Sutton salutes the latest edition of The Histories Herodotus: The Histories, 2013, Translation by Tom Holland, Introduction and Notes by Paul Cartledge. Paperback edition, Penguin, 2015, ISBN 978-0143107545, Pp.834 Herodotus (c.484 BC … Continue reading
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On “Orientalism”
On “Orientalism” HENRY HOPWOOD-PHILLIPS revisits Edward Said’s famous post-colonial polemic and finds it seriously wanting In 1963 Dr Abdel-Malik caused shock waves in the field of Oriental Studies when he claimed that it was ‘Europocentric’, paying insufficient attention to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdel-Malik, Aquinas, Averroes, D. M. Varisco, Dante, de Sacy, Edmund Castell, Edward Said, Henry Hopwood-Phillips, Herodotus, M. H. Kerr, Orientalism, Peer the Venerable, post-colonial, Postel, R. Irwin, R. W. Southern, Ricoldo de Monte Croce, Sadik al-'Azm, Sect of the Saracens, Song of Roland, William of Tripoli
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