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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... field and therefore the unlikely eventuality that there might be anything political about what I do in that field . Of course , all these labels and terms are quite unnuanced as I use them here , but the general truth of what I am ...
... field and therefore the unlikely eventuality that there might be anything political about what I do in that field . Of course , all these labels and terms are quite unnuanced as I use them here , but the general truth of what I am ...
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... field of study based on a geographical , cultural , linguistic , and ethnic unit called the Orient . Fields , of course , are made . They acquire coherence and integrity in time because scholars devote themselves in different ways to ...
... field of study based on a geographical , cultural , linguistic , and ethnic unit called the Orient . Fields , of course , are made . They acquire coherence and integrity in time because scholars devote themselves in different ways to ...
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... field , a group of ideas , a discourse , is the work of a later generation than theirs . If we use the Napoleonic expedition ( 1798-1801 ) as a sort of first enabling experience for modern Orientalism , we can consider its inaugural ...
... field , a group of ideas , a discourse , is the work of a later generation than theirs . If we use the Napoleonic expedition ( 1798-1801 ) as a sort of first enabling experience for modern Orientalism , we can consider its inaugural ...
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