Comte De Gobineau And Orientalism: Selected Eastern Writings
New York
: Routledge
, 2009.
viii, 248p.
Culture and civilization in the Middle East
Code E.Book: 5918
Three years in Asia -- The nation -- Religion --The Sufis -- The condition of individuals -- Characters, social relations -- Probable results of relations between Europe and Asia -- Religions and philosophies of Central Asia -- The religious and moral character of Asiatics -- The faith of the Arabs: origin and development of Shi'ism -- Beginnings of Babism -- The development of Babism -- Battles and successes of the Babis in Mazandaran -- Fall of the castle of Shaykh Tabarsi, trouble in Zanjan -- Insurrection in Zanjan, captivity and death of the Bab -- Attempt on the king's life.
Trois ans en Asie (de 1855 à 1858). Selections. English