Robert Graham Irwin

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Robert Graham Irwin (born August 23, 1946 ) is a British historian , author and a connoisseur of Arabic literature.

Life

Irwin studied Modern History at Oxford University and received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London . From 1972 he taught at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland . Since 1977 he has devoted himself almost exclusively to writing. In addition to books on historical subjects, Irwin has also written novels and published fantasy stories . His book The Arabian Nightmare was inspired by the work The Handwriting of Saragossa by Jan Potocki . In his History of Oriental Studies For Lust of Knowing , Irwin takes a very critical look at Edward Said's work Orientalism , which he not only accuses of numerous factual errors, but also of a misleading construction of the European history of science and ideas.

Today (2013) Irwin is a researcher with the School of Oriental and African Studies and editor for the Middle East at The Times Literary Supplement .

Publications (selection)

  • 2011: Memoirs of a Dervish: Sufis, Mystics and the Sixties . Profile Books, London. ISBN 978-1-861979919 .
  • 2010: Visions of the Jinn: Illustrators of the Arabian Night . Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, ISBN 978-0-199590353 .
  • 2006: For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and their Enemies . Penguin Press / Allen Lane, London. ISBN 0-713994150 .
  • American title 2006: Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents . Overlook Press, New York City. ISBN 978-1-585678358 .
  • 2005: The Alhambra . Harvard University Press. as paperback: 2011. ISBN 978-1-861974877 .
  • 1999: Night and Horses and the Desert: The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature . Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, London. ISBN 0-713991534 .
  • 1999: Satan Wants Me , novel. Dedalus Books, London. ISBN 978-1-873982341 .
  • 1997: Islamic Art , Laurence King, London. ISBN 1-856690938 .
  • 1997: Prayer Cushions of the Flesh . Dedalus Books, London. ISBN 1-873982-63-1 .
  • 1995: Exquisite Corpse , Roman. Dedalus Books, London. ISBN 1-903517-38-9 .
  • 1994: The Arabian Nights: A Companion . Allen Lane, London. ISBN 0-713991054 .
    • 2004: German: The World of One Thousand and One Nights , Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / Leipzig. ISBN 3-458-34744-5 .
  • 1988: The Mysteries of Algiers , Roman. Dedalus Books, London. ISBN 1-873982-60-7 .
  • 1986: The Limits of Vision , novel. Dedalus Books, London. ISBN 1-873982-10-0 .
  • 1986: The Middle East in the Middle Ages: The Early Mamluk Sultanate 1250-1382 . Croom Helm, London. ISBN 0709913087 .
  • 1983: The Arabian Nightmare , novel. Dedalus Books, London. ISBN 1-873982-73-9 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The story of a dervish in: FAZ of September 14, 2011, page 34
personal data
SURNAME Irwin, Robert Graham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1946