Unfabling the East

How Enlightenment Europe rediscovered its identity by measuring itself against the great civilizations of AsiaDuring the long eighteenth century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic book, Jurgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment'

Cum Europa Iluminismului si-a redescoperit identitatea masurandu-se in raport cu marile civilizatii din Asia In timpul lungului secol al XVIII-lea, calatorii, carturarii si intelectualii europeni au privit Asia in spirit de nedumerire, ironie si deschidere. In aceasta carte panoramica, Jurgen Osterhammel spune povestea iluminismului european '