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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... political knowledge . It is very easy to argue that knowledge about Shakespeare or Words- worth is not political whereas knowledge about contemporary China or the Soviet Union is . ( My own formal and professional designation is that of ...
... political knowledge . It is very easy to argue that knowledge about Shakespeare or Words- worth is not political whereas knowledge about contemporary China or the Soviet Union is . ( My own formal and professional designation is that of ...
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... political knowledge is not " true " knowledge ) obscures the highly if obscurely organized political circumstances obtaining when knowledge is produced . No one is helped in understanding this today when the adjective " political " is ...
... political knowledge is not " true " knowledge ) obscures the highly if obscurely organized political circumstances obtaining when knowledge is produced . No one is helped in understanding this today when the adjective " political " is ...
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... political according to some of the obvious historical accounts of it that I have given here , but that it was the culture that created that interest , that acted dynamically along with brute political , eco- nomic , and military ...
... political according to some of the obvious historical accounts of it that I have given here , but that it was the culture that created that interest , that acted dynamically along with brute political , eco- nomic , and military ...
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