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 93
... described by a book , so much so that the book ( or text ) acquires a greater authority , and use , even than the actuality it describes . The comedy of Fabrice del Dongo's search for the battle of Waterloo is not so much that he fails ...
... described by a book , so much so that the book ( or text ) acquires a greater authority , and use , even than the actuality it describes . The comedy of Fabrice del Dongo's search for the battle of Waterloo is not so much that he fails ...
Page 97
... described in metaphysical terms - which constitutes the inalienable and common basis of all the beings con- sidered ; this essence is both " historical , " since it goes back to the dawn of history , and fundamentally a - historical ...
... described in metaphysical terms - which constitutes the inalienable and common basis of all the beings con- sidered ; this essence is both " historical , " since it goes back to the dawn of history , and fundamentally a - historical ...
Page 176
... described and characterized . But what that influence always pre- vented , even until today , was some sense of the Orient that was neither impossibly general nor imperturbably private . To look into Orientalism for a lively sense of an ...
... described and characterized . But what that influence always pre- vented , even until today , was some sense of the Orient that was neither impossibly general nor imperturbably private . To look into Orientalism for a lively sense of an ...
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