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 160
... Lane says ; and Jacob Burckhardt's famous study was merely a collection of proverbial Egyptian wisdom , " bad tests of the morality of a people . " Unlike the French and Burckhardt , Lane was able to submerge himself amongst the natives ...
... Lane says ; and Jacob Burckhardt's famous study was merely a collection of proverbial Egyptian wisdom , " bad tests of the morality of a people . " Unlike the French and Burckhardt , Lane was able to submerge himself amongst the natives ...
Page 161
... Lane as the candidly exposed center of all Muslim faith . No mind is given by Lane to the betrayal of his friendship with Ahmed or with the others who provide him with information . What matters is that the report seem accurate ...
... Lane as the candidly exposed center of all Muslim faith . No mind is given by Lane to the betrayal of his friendship with Ahmed or with the others who provide him with information . What matters is that the report seem accurate ...
Page 164
... Lane . Second , by disengaging from the generation of Egyptian - Oriental life : this is the function of his subduing his animal appetite in the interest of disseminating in- formation , not in and for Egypt , but in and for European ...
... Lane . Second , by disengaging from the generation of Egyptian - Oriental life : this is the function of his subduing his animal appetite in the interest of disseminating in- formation , not in and for Egypt , but in and for European ...
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