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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... colonial rule is to ignore the extent to which colonial rule was justified in advance by Orientalism , rather than after the fact . Men have always divided the world up into regions having either real or imagined distinction from each ...
... colonial rule is to ignore the extent to which colonial rule was justified in advance by Orientalism , rather than after the fact . Men have always divided the world up into regions having either real or imagined distinction from each ...
Page 210
... colonies ; Macdonald and Massignon were widely sought after as experts on Islamic matters by colonial ad- ministrators from North Africa to Pakistan ; and , as Waardenburg says ( all too briefly ) at one point , all five scholars shaped ...
... colonies ; Macdonald and Massignon were widely sought after as experts on Islamic matters by colonial ad- ministrators from North Africa to Pakistan ; and , as Waardenburg says ( all too briefly ) at one point , all five scholars shaped ...
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... colonial adventure ; a citizen could learn in one issue from de Lesseps of " the opportunities in Africa " and from Garnier of “ the exploration of the Blue River . " Scientific geography soon gave way to " commercial geography , " as ...
... colonial adventure ; a citizen could learn in one issue from de Lesseps of " the opportunities in Africa " and from Garnier of “ the exploration of the Blue River . " Scientific geography soon gave way to " commercial geography , " as ...
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