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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... tion - indeed , the creation - of interests ; these could be commercial , communicational , religious , military , cultural . With regard to Islam and the Islamic territories , for example , Britain felt that it had legitimate interests ...
... tion - indeed , the creation - of interests ; these could be commercial , communicational , religious , military , cultural . With regard to Islam and the Islamic territories , for example , Britain felt that it had legitimate interests ...
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... tion of peace ) , Faure goes on to show that the Orientals ' bodies are lazy , that the Orient has no conception of history , of the nation , or of patrie , that the Orient is essentially mystical — and so on . Faure argues that unless ...
... tion of peace ) , Faure goes on to show that the Orientals ' bodies are lazy , that the Orient has no conception of history , of the nation , or of patrie , that the Orient is essentially mystical — and so on . Faure argues that unless ...
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... tion since its contradictions inhibit its powers of self - discernment -it cannot express . Most of Gibb's general statements about Islam supply concepts to Islam that the religion or culture , again by his definition , is incapable of ...
... tion since its contradictions inhibit its powers of self - discernment -it cannot express . Most of Gibb's general statements about Islam supply concepts to Islam that the religion or culture , again by his definition , is incapable of ...
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