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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... social revolution . Marx's style pushes us right up against the difficulty of reconciling our natural re- pugnance as fellow creatures to the sufferings of Orientals while their society is being violently transformed with the historical ...
... social revolution . Marx's style pushes us right up against the difficulty of reconciling our natural re- pugnance as fellow creatures to the sufferings of Orientals while their society is being violently transformed with the historical ...
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... social forms of a Moslem country are clothed in a religious dress . But it would be a mistake to suppose that genuine religious feeling is at the bottom of everything that justifies itself by taking a religious shape . The prejudices of ...
... social forms of a Moslem country are clothed in a religious dress . But it would be a mistake to suppose that genuine religious feeling is at the bottom of everything that justifies itself by taking a religious shape . The prejudices of ...
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... Social Evolution ( Kidd ) , 233 Social Science Research Council , 288 social sciences , 325 ; and tradition of authority over Orient , 19 , 48–9 , 108 , 109 , 284 , 288-93 , 296 , 321 ; Europocentrism of , 97 ; interdis- ciplinary with ...
... Social Evolution ( Kidd ) , 233 Social Science Research Council , 288 social sciences , 325 ; and tradition of authority over Orient , 19 , 48–9 , 108 , 109 , 284 , 288-93 , 296 , 321 ; Europocentrism of , 97 ; interdis- ciplinary with ...
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