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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... Orient , and this sense is directly indebted to various Western techniques of representation that make the Orient visible , clear , " there " in discourse about it . And these representations rely upon institutions , traditions ...
... Orient , and this sense is directly indebted to various Western techniques of representation that make the Orient visible , clear , " there " in discourse about it . And these representations rely upon institutions , traditions ...
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... Orient . " 101 The Orient symbolizes Nerval's dream- quest and the fugitive woman central to it , both as desire and as loss . " Vaisseau d'Orient " -vessel of the Orient - refers enigmatic- ally either to the woman as the vessel ...
... Orient . " 101 The Orient symbolizes Nerval's dream- quest and the fugitive woman central to it , both as desire and as loss . " Vaisseau d'Orient " -vessel of the Orient - refers enigmatic- ally either to the woman as the vessel ...
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... Orient can be seen panoptically , there is a constant pressure . The source of pressure is narrative , in that if any Oriental detail can be shown to move , or to develop , diachrony is introduced into the system . What seemed stable ...
... Orient can be seen panoptically , there is a constant pressure . The source of pressure is narrative , in that if any Oriental detail can be shown to move , or to develop , diachrony is introduced into the system . What seemed stable ...
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