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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... discipline . The " ism " in Orientalism serves to insist on the distinction of this discipline from every other kind . The rule in its historical develop- ment as an academic discipline has been its increasing scope , not its greater ...
... discipline . The " ism " in Orientalism serves to insist on the distinction of this discipline from every other kind . The rule in its historical develop- ment as an academic discipline has been its increasing scope , not its greater ...
Page 121
... discipline . The modern Orientalist was , in his view , a hero rescuing the Orient from the obscurity , alienation ... disciplines of philology , history , rhetoric , and doctrinal polemic . But in the process , the Orient and ...
... discipline . The modern Orientalist was , in his view , a hero rescuing the Orient from the obscurity , alienation ... disciplines of philology , history , rhetoric , and doctrinal polemic . But in the process , the Orient and ...
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... discipline's first sacrifice , for in translating new texts , fragments , and extracts subsequent Orientalists entirely displaced Sacy's work by supplying their own restored Orient . Nevertheless the process he started would continue ...
... discipline's first sacrifice , for in translating new texts , fragments , and extracts subsequent Orientalists entirely displaced Sacy's work by supplying their own restored Orient . Nevertheless the process he started would continue ...
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