Description: The Sultan's Court by Alain Grosrichard, Mladen Dolar, Liz Heron Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Drawing on the writing of Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire, Grosrichard examines Western accounts of Oriental despotism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Publisher Description Edward Saids Orientalism (1978) has justly attracted great respect and attention for its account of Western perceptions and representations of the Orient, but the English-speaking world has for too long been unaware of another classic in the same field which appeared in France only a year later. Alain Grosrichards The Sultans Court is a fascinating and careful deconstruction of Western accounts of "Oriental despotism" in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing particularly on portrayals of the Ottoman Empire and the supposedly enigmatic and opaque structure of the despots power and his court of viziers, janissaries, mutes, dwarfs, eunuchs and countless wives.Drawing on the writings of travelers and philosophers such as Montesquieu, Rousseau and Voltaire, Grosrichard goes further than merely cataloguing their intense fascination with the vortex of capriciousness, violence, cruelty, lust, sexual perversion and slavery which they perceived in the seraglio. Deftly and subtly using a Lacanian psychoanalytic framework, he describes the process as one in which these leading Enlightenment figures were constructing a fantasmatic Other to counterpose to their project of a rationally based society. The Sultans Court seeks not to refute the misconceptions but rather to expose the nature of the fantasy and what it can reveal about modern political thought and power relations more generally. Author Biography Alain Grosrichard is Professor of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century French Literature at the University of Geneva and was a member of the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne. He has published widely on psychoanalysis and the history of literature. Details ISBN 1859841228 ISBN-13 9781859841228 Title The Sultan's Court Author Alain Grosrichard, Mladen Dolar, Liz Heron Format Paperback Year 1998 Pages 256 Publisher Verso Books GE_Item_ID:11856479; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781859841228
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Book Title: Sultan's Court : European Fantasies of the East
Number of Pages: 258 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Year: 1998
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, General, International Relations / General, Customs & Traditions
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Author: Alain Grosrichard
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: Wo Es War Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
