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 63
... learned Orientalist scholarship in Europe pressed ideological myths into service , even as knowledge seemed genuinely to be advancing . A celebrated instance of how dramatic form and learned imagery come together in the Orientalist ...
... learned Orientalist scholarship in Europe pressed ideological myths into service , even as knowledge seemed genuinely to be advancing . A celebrated instance of how dramatic form and learned imagery come together in the Orientalist ...
Page 109
... learned many lessons from the travail of their predecessors . They have also been aided by the structural and institutional transforma- tions accomplished in the intervening period and by the fact that they are to a great extent more at ...
... learned many lessons from the travail of their predecessors . They have also been aided by the structural and institutional transforma- tions accomplished in the intervening period and by the fact that they are to a great extent more at ...
Page 137
... learned men , its scientists : the pun is intended ) . Out of this en- counter , a new dogma or god is born , but Quinet's point is that both East and West fulfill their destinies and confirm their identities in the encounter . As a ...
... learned men , its scientists : the pun is intended ) . Out of this en- counter , a new dogma or god is born , but Quinet's point is that both East and West fulfill their destinies and confirm their identities in the encounter . As a ...
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