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 146
... scientific power and all its uncritical self - approbation . For that sort of culture such genealogies as dynasty , tradition , religion , ethnic communities were all simply functions of a theory whose job was to instruct the world . In ...
... scientific power and all its uncritical self - approbation . For that sort of culture such genealogies as dynasty , tradition , religion , ethnic communities were all simply functions of a theory whose job was to instruct the world . In ...
Page 157
... scientific observation and description . So one of the things we can watch for is a more explicit conversion than in ... scientific material , who considers his residence a form of scientific observation . Two : the writer who intends ...
... scientific observation and description . So one of the things we can watch for is a more explicit conversion than in ... scientific material , who considers his residence a form of scientific observation . Two : the writer who intends ...
Page 218
... Scientific geography soon gave way to " commercial geography , " as the con- nection between national pride in scientific and civilizational achievement and the fairly rudimentary profit motive was urged , to be channeled into support ...
... Scientific geography soon gave way to " commercial geography , " as the con- nection between national pride in scientific and civilizational achievement and the fairly rudimentary profit motive was urged , to be channeled into support ...
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