Persia and the Enlightenment ed. by Cyrus Masroori et al. (review)

[...]there is always more to add to any collected volume, but Persia and the Enlightenment might have offered readers a fuller picture of what made up the "Persia" known to Europeans in this period had two further essays been included, one on the availability and circulation of Persian man...

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Published in:Eighteenth - Century Studies 2022-10, Vol.56 (1), p.132-134
Main Author: Marchand, Suzanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
16th century
18th century
Age of Enlightenment
Essays
Historical text analysis
Islam
Jewish people
Missionaries
Muslims
Patriotism
Philosophy
Poetry
Politics
Said, Edward
Theology
Zoroastrianism
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Summary:[...]there is always more to add to any collected volume, but Persia and the Enlightenment might have offered readers a fuller picture of what made up the "Persia" known to Europeans in this period had two further essays been included, one on the availability and circulation of Persian manuscripts and a second on Persian poetry in eighteenth-century Europe. [...]European travelers actually failed to make much of some episodes of Shi'ite persecution, Marshall argues, of Jews, Zoroastrians, and Armenians, the latter subjected to mass relocation from Julfa to New Julfa in Isfahan when Shah Abbas moved to secure greater state profits from the very lucrative silk trade in 1603–4 (65). [...]Whitney Mannies's "Persia in Diderot's Encyclopédie" makes the fascinating observation that the European narrative about the Orient's "backwardness" had its roots in discussions about the relationship between politics and the arts and sciences.
ISSN:0013-2586
1086-315X
1086-315X
DOI:10.1353/ecs.2022.0063