Painting by Ahn Gyeon (안견/安堅), Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (몽유도원도/夢遊桃源圖), 1447.

10.10.09

East and West (again, naturally)

The last book that I had the pleasure of reading was Worlds at War. The 2,500-year Struggle Between East and West (New York: Random House, 2008, 625 pages), by Anthony Pagden, a Professor at UCLA:

The book review by The New York Times here might be of value.
On an intimately related subject, refer to my post On Edward Said's Orientalism.

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