The World of Persian Literary Humanism

The World of Persian Literary Humanism
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780674067592
ISBN-13 : 0674067592
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Download or read book The World of Persian Literary Humanism written by Hamid Dabashi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanism has mostly considered the question “What does it mean to be human?” from a Western perspective. Dabashi asks it anew from a non-European perspective, in a groundbreaking study of 1,400 years of Persian literary humanism. He presents the unfolding of this vast tradition as the creative and subversive subconscious of Islamic civilization.


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