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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... society . These continue to bear on what he does professionally , even though naturally enough ( his research and its fruits do attempt to reach a level of relative freedom from the inhibitions and the restrictions of brute , everyday ...
... society . These continue to bear on what he does professionally , even though naturally enough ( his research and its fruits do attempt to reach a level of relative freedom from the inhibitions and the restrictions of brute , everyday ...
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... Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ( 1698 ) and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ( 1701 ) were succeeded and later abetted by the Baptist Missionary Society ( 1792 ) , the Church Missionary Society ...
... Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ( 1698 ) and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ( 1701 ) were succeeded and later abetted by the Baptist Missionary Society ( 1792 ) , the Church Missionary Society ...
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... societies . The Royal Asiatic Society was founded a decade before Lane's book appeared , but its committee of correspondence - whose " objects were to receive intelligence and inquiries relating to the arts , sciences , literature ...
... societies . The Royal Asiatic Society was founded a decade before Lane's book appeared , but its committee of correspondence - whose " objects were to receive intelligence and inquiries relating to the arts , sciences , literature ...
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