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
... human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human . But is this failing constantly present , or are there circumstances that , more than others , make the textual ...
... human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human . But is this failing constantly present , or are there circumstances that , more than others , make the textual ...
Page 313
... human problems and the preoccupations of political life : it thrives on the abstract and the Promethean . It sub- ordinates all tangible values to the one supreme value : the harnessing of man and history in a grand design of human ...
... human problems and the preoccupations of political life : it thrives on the abstract and the Promethean . It sub- ordinates all tangible values to the one supreme value : the harnessing of man and history in a grand design of human ...
Page 328
... human beings , for whom the racial , ethnic , and national distinctions were less important than the common enterprise of promoting human community . 1 Positively , I do believe - and in my other work have tried to show -that enough is ...
... human beings , for whom the racial , ethnic , and national distinctions were less important than the common enterprise of promoting human community . 1 Positively , I do believe - and in my other work have tried to show -that enough is ...
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