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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... material of relevance to be found in the German Biblical scholars and using that material to read , in an intelligent and always interesting way , the work of three major British writers . Yet what is missing in the book is some sense ...
... material of relevance to be found in the German Biblical scholars and using that material to read , in an intelligent and always interesting way , the work of three major British writers . Yet what is missing in the book is some sense ...
Page 44
... material reality propped each other up , kept each other going . A certain freedom of intercourse was always the Westerner's privilege ; because his was the stronger cul- ture , he could penetrate , he could wrestle with , he could give ...
... material reality propped each other up , kept each other going . A certain freedom of intercourse was always the Westerner's privilege ; because his was the stronger cul- ture , he could penetrate , he could wrestle with , he could give ...
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... material would also confirm in a summary way the pro- found Orientality of the material . And since it was commonly be- lieved that the whole Orient hung together in some profoundly organic way , it made perfectly good hermeneutical ...
... material would also confirm in a summary way the pro- found Orientality of the material . And since it was commonly be- lieved that the whole Orient hung together in some profoundly organic way , it made perfectly good hermeneutical ...
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