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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... Lawrence Trust : Excerpt from The Letters of T. E. Lawrence , edited by David Garnett . Jonathan Cape , Ltd. , The Seven Pillars Trust , and Doubleday & Co. , Inc .: Excerpt from The Seven Pillars of Wisdom : A Triumph by T. E. Lawrence ...
... Lawrence Trust : Excerpt from The Letters of T. E. Lawrence , edited by David Garnett . Jonathan Cape , Ltd. , The Seven Pillars Trust , and Doubleday & Co. , Inc .: Excerpt from The Seven Pillars of Wisdom : A Triumph by T. E. Lawrence ...
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... Lawrence's disappointment that counts . So far from being a mere man lost in the great rush of confusing events , Lawrence equates himself fully with the struggle of the new Asia to be born . Whereas Aeschylus had represented Asia ...
... Lawrence's disappointment that counts . So far from being a mere man lost in the great rush of confusing events , Lawrence equates himself fully with the struggle of the new Asia to be born . Whereas Aeschylus had represented Asia ...
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... Lawrence with the Hashimites , Philby with the house of Saud , are the two best - known instances . British Oriental expertise fashioned itself around consensus and orthodoxy and sovereign authority ; French Oriental expertise between ...
... Lawrence with the Hashimites , Philby with the house of Saud , are the two best - known instances . British Oriental expertise fashioned itself around consensus and orthodoxy and sovereign authority ; French Oriental expertise between ...
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