La Chine et l’Europe by Giuseppe Ferrari, published in 1867, has for a long time not been considered one of the outstanding works this eminent figure history political thought nineteenth-century Italy. In fact, his comparative view European and Chinese civilizations offers interesting suggestions perspective aiming to investigate varieties approaches world late nineteenth 5century. Based on large amount primary secondary sources, notwithstanding fact that Ferrari was Sinologist, it parallel...

For many decades the work of Edward Said has dominated, and largely continues to dominate, ways in which ‘Orientalism’ cultural relations between Europe Asiatic diversities have been studied. The aim these articles is not add yet another chapter now vast debates on category Orientalism as proposed by Said, but instead through a series specific research themes they illustrate diversity variety ‘Orientalisms’ – experiences, reflections, researches that emerged Italian culture at time when...