Orientalism, Volume 10A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. |
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Page 113
... Bouvard et Pécuchet , his comic encyclopedic novel on the degeneration of knowledge and the inanity of human effort . Nevertheless the essen- tial outlines of his vision are clear , and are clearly supported by the ample detail of his ...
... Bouvard et Pécuchet , his comic encyclopedic novel on the degeneration of knowledge and the inanity of human effort . Nevertheless the essen- tial outlines of his vision are clear , and are clearly supported by the ample detail of his ...
Page 114
... Bouvard and Pécuchet are reduced finally to tran- scribing it uncritically from one text to another . Although Bouvard's vision of Europe regenerated by Asia is not fully spelled out , it ( and what it comes to on the copyist's desk ) ...
... Bouvard and Pécuchet are reduced finally to tran- scribing it uncritically from one text to another . Although Bouvard's vision of Europe regenerated by Asia is not fully spelled out , it ( and what it comes to on the copyist's desk ) ...
Page 116
... Bouvard and Pécuchet have learned that it is better not to traffic in ideas and in reality together . The novel's conclusion is a picture of the two of them now perfectly content to copy their favorite ideas faithfully from book onto ...
... Bouvard and Pécuchet have learned that it is better not to traffic in ideas and in reality together . The novel's conclusion is a picture of the two of them now perfectly content to copy their favorite ideas faithfully from book onto ...
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