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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... domination . Culture , of course , is to be found operating within civil society , where the influence of ideas , of institutions , and of other persons works not through domination but by what Gramsci calls consent . In any society not ...
... domination . Culture , of course , is to be found operating within civil society , where the influence of ideas , of institutions , and of other persons works not through domination but by what Gramsci calls consent . In any society not ...
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... domination and , specifically for formerly colonized peoples , the dangers and temptations of employing this structure upon themselves or upon others . The three long chapters and twelve shorter units into which this book is divided are ...
... domination and , specifically for formerly colonized peoples , the dangers and temptations of employing this structure upon themselves or upon others . The three long chapters and twelve shorter units into which this book is divided are ...
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... domination has followed another ; but never in all the revolutions of fate and fortune have you seen one of those nations of its own motion establish what we , from a Western point of view , call self - government . That is the fact ...
... domination has followed another ; but never in all the revolutions of fate and fortune have you seen one of those nations of its own motion establish what we , from a Western point of view , call self - government . That is the fact ...
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