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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... civilization of Egypt better than we know the civilization of any other country . We know it further back ; we know it more intimately ; we know more about it . It goes far beyond the petty span of the history of our race , which is ...
... civilization of Egypt better than we know the civilization of any other country . We know it further back ; we know it more intimately ; we know more about it . It goes far beyond the petty span of the history of our race , which is ...
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... civilization , but those were few and far be- tween . Everywhere , one encountered Orientals , Arabs whose civilization , religion , and manners were so low , barbaric , and antithetical as to merit reconquest . The Crusades , he argued ...
... civilization , but those were few and far be- tween . Everywhere , one encountered Orientals , Arabs whose civilization , religion , and manners were so low , barbaric , and antithetical as to merit reconquest . The Crusades , he argued ...
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... civilization ? Is it not mendacious thus to disguise the real Grunebaumian thesis , that Islamic civilization rests on an un- principled borrowing by Muslims from the Judeo - Christian , Hellen- istic , and Austro - Germanic civilizations ...
... civilization ? Is it not mendacious thus to disguise the real Grunebaumian thesis , that Islamic civilization rests on an un- principled borrowing by Muslims from the Judeo - Christian , Hellen- istic , and Austro - Germanic civilizations ...
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