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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... scholarly text as each is being written . Yet if we eliminate from the start any notion that " big " facts like imperial domination can be applied mechanically and deterministic- ally to such complex matters as culture and ideas , then ...
... scholarly text as each is being written . Yet if we eliminate from the start any notion that " big " facts like imperial domination can be applied mechanically and deterministic- ally to such complex matters as culture and ideas , then ...
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... scholarly work was concerned ( and I find the idea of strictly scholarly work as disinterested and abstract hard to under- stand : still , we can allow it intellectually ) , Orientalism did a great many things . During its great age in ...
... scholarly work was concerned ( and I find the idea of strictly scholarly work as disinterested and abstract hard to under- stand : still , we can allow it intellectually ) , Orientalism did a great many things . During its great age in ...
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... scholarly will upon an untidy reality and an intentional shift away from the place of his residence to the scene of his scholarly reputation is the source of his great fame in the annals of Orientalism . Useful knowledge such as his ...
... scholarly will upon an untidy reality and an intentional shift away from the place of his residence to the scene of his scholarly reputation is the source of his great fame in the annals of Orientalism . Useful knowledge such as his ...
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