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Though known to specialists, Comte de Gobineau's vital if idiosyncratic contribution to Orientalism has only been accessible to the English reader through secondary sources. Especially important for its portrayal of an esoteric Sufi sect like the Ahl-i Haqq, and its vivid narrative of the Babi episode in Persia, Gobineau's work impacted significantly on European intelligentsia, including Ernest Renan, Matthew Arnold, Lord Curzon, and the Orientalist Edward Granville Browne. Daniel O'Donoghue's brilliant translation now makes available sizeable extracts from Gobineau's two most.

"Designed as an introductory text, this book details several aspects of Latin American culture as experienced by millions of people living in Central and South America. The author argues that despite early and considerable European influences on the region, indigenous Latin American traditions still characterize much of the social and artistic heritage of the Latin American countries"--Provided by publisher

The pretensions of African armies as redemptive and democratizing forces is the centre-piece of this book. It analyses the African armies' utter disregard for democrative principles which belies their self-imposed redemptive role. As the Nigerian polity is in transit, the author examines whether Nigerians have learnt any useful lessons from their political history