Muslim and Western travelers in search of knowledge Euben, Roxanne Leslie 1966- creator text bibliography nju Princeton Princeton University Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xii, 313 p. ; 24 cm. Frontiers: walls and windows-some reflections on travel narratives -- Traveling theorists and translating practices -- Theory and theoria -- "Seeing the entire world as a foreign land" -- Exposures and closures -- Islam, travel, and talab al-ʻilm -- The double-edged nature of travel -- Travel as translation -- Liars, travelers, theorists-Herodotus and Ibn Battuta -- Travel in search of practical wisdom: the modern theoriai of al-Tahtawi and Tocqueville -- Authorizing autopsy -- Travels across time and space -- Multiple mediations -- Conclusion -- Gender, genre, and travel: Montesquieu and Sayyida Salme -- Montesquieu's Persian letters -- Sayyida Salme's memoirs -- Conclusion -- Cosmopolitanisms past and present, Islamic and Western. Roxanne L. Euben. Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-301) and index. ma----- e------ Travel, Medieval Voyages and travels Travelers Arab countries Travelers Europe East and West G89 .E93 2006 910.4 0691127212 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691127217 (hardcover : alk. paper) 2006017894 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017894.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006017894-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006017894-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017894.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2006017894-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2006017894-b.html DLC 060601 20110718135933.0 14396930