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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... economic terms ; but to a greater extent political importance comes from the closeness of a field to ascertain- able sources of power in political society . Thus an economic study of long - term Soviet energy potential and its effect on ...
... economic terms ; but to a greater extent political importance comes from the closeness of a field to ascertain- able sources of power in political society . Thus an economic study of long - term Soviet energy potential and its effect on ...
Page 259
... economic ideas never extended beyond asserting the Oriental's fundamental incapacity for trade , commerce , and economic ration- ality . In the Islamic field those clichés held good for literally hundreds of years — until Maxime ...
... economic ideas never extended beyond asserting the Oriental's fundamental incapacity for trade , commerce , and economic ration- ality . In the Islamic field those clichés held good for literally hundreds of years — until Maxime ...
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... economic pressure from the United States . It is sobering to find , for instance , that while there are dozens of organizations in the United States for studying the Arab and Islamic Orient , there are none in the Orient itself for ...
... economic pressure from the United States . It is sobering to find , for instance , that while there are dozens of organizations in the United States for studying the Arab and Islamic Orient , there are none in the Orient itself for ...
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