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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... produced . No one is helped in understanding this today when the adjective " political " is used as a label to discredit any work for daring to violate the protocol of pretended suprapolitical objectivity . We may say , first , that ...
... produced . No one is helped in understanding this today when the adjective " political " is used as a label to discredit any work for daring to violate the protocol of pretended suprapolitical objectivity . We may say , first , that ...
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... produced it than to its putative object , which was also produced by the West . Thus the history of Orientalism has both an internal consistency and a highly articulated set of relationships to the dominant culture sur- rounding it . My ...
... produced it than to its putative object , which was also produced by the West . Thus the history of Orientalism has both an internal consistency and a highly articulated set of relationships to the dominant culture sur- rounding it . My ...
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... produced a large group of important scholars , and its brand of Oriental studies stimulated great scholarly interest in the field . Gibb , on the other hand , was more truly in touch with the public - policy aspect of Orientalism , and ...
... produced a large group of important scholars , and its brand of Oriental studies stimulated great scholarly interest in the field . Gibb , on the other hand , was more truly in touch with the public - policy aspect of Orientalism , and ...
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