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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... revolution is a bad kind of sexuality ( pseudo - divine act of creation ) , and also a cancerous disease . Whatever ... revolution . Since it is Arab revolution that is in question , we are to read the passage as follows : This is what ...
... revolution is a bad kind of sexuality ( pseudo - divine act of creation ) , and also a cancerous disease . Whatever ... revolution . Since it is Arab revolution that is in question , we are to read the passage as follows : This is what ...
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... revolution . By implication , Arab sexuality need not be feared for itself but for its failure . In short , Vatikiotis asks his reader to believe that revolution in the Middle East is a threat pre- cisely because revolution cannot be ...
... revolution . By implication , Arab sexuality need not be feared for itself but for its failure . In short , Vatikiotis asks his reader to believe that revolution in the Middle East is a threat pre- cisely because revolution cannot be ...
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... Revolution , and by their successors for the approved revolutions , domestic and foreign , of our own time.144 The entire passage is full of condescension and bad faith . Why introduce the idea of a camel rising as an etymological root ...
... Revolution , and by their successors for the approved revolutions , domestic and foreign , of our own time.144 The entire passage is full of condescension and bad faith . Why introduce the idea of a camel rising as an etymological root ...
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