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Journeys to the other shore : Muslim and Western travelers in search of knowledge / Roxanne L. Euben.
| Author/creator | Euben, Roxanne Leslie, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2006. |
| Description | xii, 313 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Series | Princeton studies in Muslim politics Princeton studies in Muslim politics. ^A682794 |
| Contents | Frontiers: walls and windows-some reflections on travel narratives -- Traveling theorists and translating practices -- Theory and theoria -- "Seeing the entire world as a foreign land" -- Exposures and closures -- Islam, travel, and talab al-ʻilm -- The double-edged nature of travel -- Travel as translation -- Liars, travelers, theorists-Herodotus and Ibn Battuta -- Travel in search of practical wisdom: the modern theoriai of al-Tahtawi and Tocqueville -- Authorizing autopsy -- Travels across time and space -- Multiple mediations -- Conclusion -- Gender, genre, and travel: Montesquieu and Sayyida Salme -- Montesquieu's Persian letters -- Sayyida Salme's memoirs -- Conclusion -- Cosmopolitanisms past and present, Islamic and Western. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-301) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006017894 |
| ISBN | 0691127212 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780691127217 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | G89 .E93 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |