"The Superiority of the Franks"
Source
Horizonte I. Geschichte für die Oberstufe: Von der griechischen Antike bis zur Frühen Neuzeit/ Bahr, Frank (Hg.) - Braunschweig: Westermann, 2006, S. 345 -
GEI shelf mark: HEG-V 127(1,2006)1.
Maison d’édition
Description
The young scholar and later high cleric Rifa'a al-Tahtawi visited Paris during the years from 1826-1831 as the head of a study commission. After his return to Cairo he depicted the European culture in a detailed travelogue.
Catégories
Mots-clé
- Culture
- Education
- Christianity
- Franks
- Enlightenment
- Islam
- Cultural Transfer
- Arab world
- Orient
- Modern Era
Commentaire
Al-Tahtawi’s travelogue is reprinted in the material section of the chapter “The Islamic World and Modernity.” The chapter is at the end of the chronological description of history from antiquity through the early modern period. With the cross-sectorial theme “The Islamic World”, this description is brought into the present. The material section [suite...]