Orientalism in Early Modern France
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Orientalism in Early Modern France

Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien RƩgime

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Orientalism in Early Modern France

Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien RƩgime

About this book

Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about science, economy and politics, and against absolutist monarchy. An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.

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Information

Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781845203740
eBook ISBN
9781847884633
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Part I One Nation, One World under French Rule
  5. 1 The First Orientalist, Guillaume Postel
  6. 2 The Ambassadors
  7. 3 France in the World
  8. 4 Orientalism As Science
  9. 5 The Turks and the ā€œOtherā€ Within
  10. Part II Consuming the Exotic
  11. 6 Coffee and Orientalism in France
  12. 7 A ā€œBarbarous Tasteā€
  13. 8 Domesticating the Exotic
  14. 9 The Politics of Pleasure
  15. 10 Orientalism, Despotism, and Luxury
  16. Epilogue
  17. Notes
  18. Selected Primary Sources
  19. Selected Secondary Sources
  20. Index