Book Search
-
Comte de Gobineau and Orientalism
Selected Eastern Writings
Series: Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Though known to specialists, Comte de Gobineau’s vital if idiosyncratic contribution to Orientalism has only been accessible to the English reader through secondary sources. Especially important for its portrayal of an esoteric Sufi sect like the Ahl-i Haqq, and its vivid narrative of the Babi...
Published August 31st 2011 by Routledge