Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism
by Ibn Warraq
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- ISBN 10
- 1591024846
- ISBN 13
- 9781591024842
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Prometheus, 2007. First Edition. hardcover. Ibn Warraq : Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's "Orientalism." Amherst (NY) : Prometheus Books, 2007. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.25"/23.3 cm h. Bound in publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Glossy color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. [i-ii] prelim material, [1-4], 5-556, [557-558] blank. Author's preface, 20 chaps over three parts (One: Edward Said and the Saidists; the Three Golden Threads and the Misapprehensions of Edward Said; Orientalism is Painting and Sculpture, Music and Literature); conclusion. Appendix. Notes, bibliography, index. B&w illus. Condition notes: a near-fine first edition: light wear to dust jacket; binding sound and square; interior unmarked. We personally inspect every book we offer.
Synopsis
Ibn Warraq is the highly acclaimed author of Why I Am Not a Muslim and Defending the West. He is also the editor of The Origins of the Koran, What the Koran Really Says, Leaving Islam, The Quest for the Historical Muhammad, and Which Koran?.
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- Title
- Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism
- Author
- Ibn Warraq
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1591024846
- ISBN 13
- 9781591024842
- Publisher
- Prometheus
- Place of Publication
- Amherst, N.Y
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007022518
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