Matthieu Chochoy. De Tamerlan à Gengis Khan. Construction et déconstruction de l’idée d’empire tartare en France du XVIe siècle à la fin du XVIIIe siècle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21487254 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Hope (0000-0003-3454-5458), Michael D Hope (0000-0001-9832-5732, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Abstracta Iranica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0240-8910 • E-ISSN: 1961-960X |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/abstractairanica.55336 |
| OpenAlex | W4313015990 |
| Language | FR |
This book examines the Tartar empire as a case study for the production and transmission of knowledge in 16th-18th century Europe. Beginning in the 1640s, Matthieu Chochoy follows the evolution of a French school of Orientalism focusing upon the Tartars, the nomadic people of the defunct Mongol empire. He shows that intellectual and social shifts inside France (such as the Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution, and Colonialism) shaped knowledge of this ephemeral and largely imagined commun
Art · Fin de siecle · Humanities · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Soviet and Russian History
| Highly cited | No |
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