The Light of Asia
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This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story
explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and
North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the
time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with
Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange
beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances
and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away.
By the twentieth century much of Asia might have come under Western
rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and
spiritual influence was fighting back. The Light of Asia is a
wonderfully varied and entertaining history of the many ways in
which Asia has shaped European and North American culture over
centuries of tangled, dynamic encounters, and the central
importance of this vexed, often confused relationship.From Marco
Polo onwards Asia has been both a source of genuine fascination and
equally genuine failures of comprehension. China, India and Japan
were all acknowledged to be both great civilizations and in crude
ways seen as superseded by the West. From Chicago to Calcutta, and
from antiquity to the new millennium, this is a rich, involving
story of misunderstandings and sincere connection, of inspiration
and falsehood, of geniuses, adventurers and con-men.Christopher
Harding's captivating gallery of people and places celebrates
Asia's impact on the West in all its variety.
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Penguin Books Ltd ,
Harding Christopher
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Penguin Books Ltd,
Harding Christopher
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