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 77
... seemed to suspect the im- mensity of those unknown lands . The realization began with his translation of the Avesta , and reached dizzying heights owing to the exploration in Central Asia of the languages that multiplied after Babel ...
... seemed to suspect the im- mensity of those unknown lands . The realization began with his translation of the Avesta , and reached dizzying heights owing to the exploration in Central Asia of the languages that multiplied after Babel ...
Page 82
... seemed perfectly familiar . This worked , and soon the population of Cairo seemed to have lost its distrust of the occupiers.69 Napoleon later gave his deputy Kleber strict instructions after he left always to administer Egypt through ...
... seemed perfectly familiar . This worked , and soon the population of Cairo seemed to have lost its distrust of the occupiers.69 Napoleon later gave his deputy Kleber strict instructions after he left always to administer Egypt through ...
Page 205
... seemed to be morally neutral and objectively valid ; it seemed to have an epistemological status equal to that of historical chronology or geographical location . In its most basic form , then , Oriental material could not really be ...
... seemed to be morally neutral and objectively valid ; it seemed to have an epistemological status equal to that of historical chronology or geographical location . In its most basic form , then , Oriental material could not really be ...
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