From the "Turkish Menace" to Exoticism and Orientalism: Islam as Antithesis of Europe (1453–1914)?
Konrad, Felix
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During their often difficult encounters with their Muslim neighbours in North Africa and the Middle East over many centuries, Europeans developed various discourses describing Islam and Muslims as "the other". These discourses of alterity helped to affirm European identity and to spread various prejudices and stereotypes that proved very durable, though they were subject to ongoing change. This survey article analyses the image of Islam from the mid-15th to the early 20th century. It focuses on the perception of Islam that prevailed during the Renaissance and Reformation, which was based on religious differences and was influenced by the perceived threat of the Ottoman Empire. It thematizes the transformation of this image around 1700 as an enthusiasm for the Orient, which emphasized its exoticness, developed and as secular considerations began to take precedence over religious criteria. The article also examines Orientalist discourses of the 19th century that were informed by a European sense of superiority and that defined Europe and Islam as two antithetical civilizations.
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Lisa Landes
Mariano Delgado with Lutz Berger
Michael Osmann
2011-03-14
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