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 124
... Sacy created interpreters for the French Oriental dragomanate , as well as future scholars . When the French occupied Algiers in 1830 , it was Sacy who translated the proclamation to the Algerians ; he was regularly consulted on all ...
... Sacy created interpreters for the French Oriental dragomanate , as well as future scholars . When the French occupied Algiers in 1830 , it was Sacy who translated the proclamation to the Algerians ; he was regularly consulted on all ...
Page 127
... Sacy's pages on Orientalism - as elsewhere in his writing - he speaks of his own work as having uncovered , brought to light , rescued a vast amount of obscure matter . Why ? In order to place it before the student . For like all his ...
... Sacy's pages on Orientalism - as elsewhere in his writing - he speaks of his own work as having uncovered , brought to light , rescued a vast amount of obscure matter . Why ? In order to place it before the student . For like all his ...
Page 129
... Sacy's were not ) , they must nevertheless embody a certain Oriental naturalness , or typical inevitability . But this too is never said . Sacy claims simply to have exerted himself on behalf of his students , to make it unnecessary for ...
... Sacy's were not ) , they must nevertheless embody a certain Oriental naturalness , or typical inevitability . But this too is never said . Sacy claims simply to have exerted himself on behalf of his students , to make it unnecessary for ...
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