Cover Image

Between Cultures : Europe and Its Others in Five Exemplary Lives / Jerrold Seigel.

The remarkable individuals whose stories make up Jerrold Seigel's Between Cultures--Richard Burton, T.E. Lawrence, Louis Massignon, Chinua Achebe, and Orhan Pamuk--without ever seeking to exit from the ways of life into which they were born, all devoted themselves to exploring a second cultural...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Seigel, Jerrold (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:Intellectual history of the modern age.
Subjects:
Burton, Richard Francis, > Sir, > 1821-1890.
Lawrence, T. E. > (Thomas Edward), > 1888-1935.
Massignon, Louis, > 1883-1962.
Achebe, Chinua.
Pamuk, Orhan, > 1952-
East and West.
East and West in literature.
Transnationalism.
Identity (Psychology)
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Culture > Psychological aspects
East and West
Transnationalism
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Masquerade, Engagement, and Skepticism: Richard Burton
  • Chapter 2. Commitment and Loss: T. E. Lawrence
  • Chapter 3. The Islamic Catholicism of Louis Massignon
  • Chapter 4. Independence and Ambivalence: Chinua Achebe and Two African Contemporaries
  • Chapter 5. Reflection, Mystery, and Violence: Orhan Pamuk
  • Conclusion. Distance and Belonging
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

Similar Items