A Century of British Orientalists, 1902-2001 by Bosworth, C. Edmund;

Series: British Academy Centenary Monographs;

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Publisher The British Academy
Date of Publication 25 October 2001

ISBN 9780197262436
Binding Hardback
No. of pages270 pages
Size 243x164x8 mm
Weight 582 g
Language English
Illustrations 13 halftones

Short description:

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 twentieth century has been an exciting and fruitful period for Oriental Studies in Britain.

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Long description:

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.

These biographies ... speak of the extraordinary drive of humans to advance knowledge for its own sake, of their passionate engagement with the societies they studied ... and of their opposition to government policies in relation to these societies.