OrientalismA 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. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. |
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Page 31
... Balfour lectured the House of Commons on " the problems with which we have to deal in Egypt . " These , he said , " belong to a wholly different category " than those " affecting the Isle of Wight or the West Riding of Yorkshire . " He ...
... Balfour lectured the House of Commons on " the problems with which we have to deal in Egypt . " These , he said , " belong to a wholly different category " than those " affecting the Isle of Wight or the West Riding of Yorkshire . " He ...
Page 32
... Balfour was using it ; his choice was understandable and called for no comment whatever . I take up no attitude of ... Balfour justifies the necessity for British occupation of Egypt , supremacy in his mind is associated with " our ...
... Balfour was using it ; his choice was understandable and called for no comment whatever . I take up no attitude of ... Balfour justifies the necessity for British occupation of Egypt , supremacy in his mind is associated with " our ...
Page 33
... Balfour produces no evidence that Egyptians and " the races with whom we deal " appreciate or even understand the good that is being done them by colonial occupation . It does not occur to Balfour , however , to let the Egyptian speak ...
... Balfour produces no evidence that Egyptians and " the races with whom we deal " appreciate or even understand the good that is being done them by colonial occupation . It does not occur to Balfour , however , to let the Egyptian speak ...
Page 34
... Balfour's logic here is interesting , not least for being completely consistent with the premises of his entire speech . England knows Egypt ; Egypt is what England knows ; England knows that Egypt cannot have self - government ...
... Balfour's logic here is interesting , not least for being completely consistent with the premises of his entire speech . England knows Egypt ; Egypt is what England knows ; England knows that Egypt cannot have self - government ...
Page 35
... Balfour in the Commons who had supported the project to give Cromer a retirement prize of fifty thousand pounds as a reward for what he had done in Egypt . Cromer made Egypt , said Balfour : Everything he has touched he has succeeded in ...
... Balfour in the Commons who had supported the project to give Cromer a retirement prize of fifty thousand pounds as a reward for what he had done in Egypt . Cromer made Egypt , said Balfour : Everything he has touched he has succeeded in ...
Contents
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Projects | 73 |
Crisis | 92 |
Redrawn Frontiers Redefined Issues Secularized | 113 |
Rational | 123 |
Pilgrims and Pilgrimages British and French | 166 |
Latent and Manifest Orientalism | 201 |
Orientalisms Worldliness | 226 |
Modern AngloFrench Orientalism in Fullest Flower | 255 |
The Latest Phase | 284 |
Afterword | 329 |
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