Marx and the End of Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)

by Bryan S. Turner

Book Overview

First published in 1978, this title analyses a range of problems that arise in the study of North Africa and the Middle East, bridging the gap between studies of Sociology, Islam, and Marxism. Both Sociology and the study of Islam draw on an Orientalist tradition founded on an idealist epistemology, ethnocentric values and an evolutionary view of historical development. Bryan Turner challenges the basic assumptions of Orientalism by considering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138792667
• ISBN13: 9781138792661
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"