Islam and Arabs in Early American Thought: Roots of Orientalism in AmericaThis book chronicles the dreams, illusions and aspirations of American missionaries, world travellers and national leaders, from colonial times forward, as they sought to establish "an American Israel" in the Holy Land. In their dispositions the reader can glimpse the battleground for Christian Americans and Middle Eastern Moslems in succeeding centuries. The author brings insights from his own religious roots to complement his grasp of the American phenomena which produced Orientalism. He traces the fundamentalist movements and national philosophies which influenced Americans to view themselves as the "Chosen People" and to extend their missionary resolves to the policy of "Manifest Destiny." Thus the future of American-Arab relations in the Middle East was set upon antithetical paths. |
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... Orient . " 1 Orientalism , accordingly , is the generic term which describes the Western approach to the Orient and which desig- nates " that collection of dreams , images , and vocabularies available to anyone who has tried to talk ...
... Orient . " 1 Orientalism , accordingly , is the generic term which describes the Western approach to the Orient and which desig- nates " that collection of dreams , images , and vocabularies available to anyone who has tried to talk ...
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... Orient and its peoples , and the attitude towards the Orient which resulted from the American cultural makeup and actual contact with the Orient . Some of this awareness derived from the extensive knowledge and materials about Islam and ...
... Orient and its peoples , and the attitude towards the Orient which resulted from the American cultural makeup and actual contact with the Orient . Some of this awareness derived from the extensive knowledge and materials about Islam and ...
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... Orient For the majority of Americans , however , the Orient presented a prospect that was quite thrilling and very different from what they ex- pected to see on a European tour . There was something about that part of the world quite ...
... Orient For the majority of Americans , however , the Orient presented a prospect that was quite thrilling and very different from what they ex- pected to see on a European tour . There was something about that part of the world quite ...
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A Place for My People | 1 |
The Star in the West | 15 |
The Prophets Progress | 27 |
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