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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... matter . Yet it is an intellectual matter of some very obvious importance . I have been able to put to use my humanistic and political concerns for the analysis and description of a very worldly matter , the rise , development , and ...
... matter . Yet it is an intellectual matter of some very obvious importance . I have been able to put to use my humanistic and political concerns for the analysis and description of a very worldly matter , the rise , development , and ...
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... matter how deep the specific exception , no matter how much a single Oriental can escape the fences placed around him , he is first an Oriental , second a human being , and last again an Oriental . So general a category as “ Oriental ...
... matter how deep the specific exception , no matter how much a single Oriental can escape the fences placed around him , he is first an Oriental , second a human being , and last again an Oriental . So general a category as “ Oriental ...
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... matter , what to combine with what , and so forth . Renan's relations with his Oriental subject matter , with his time and audience , even with his own work , can be described , then , without resorting to formulae that depend on an ...
... matter , what to combine with what , and so forth . Renan's relations with his Oriental subject matter , with his time and audience , even with his own work , can be described , then , without resorting to formulae that depend on an ...
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