Defending the West : a critique of Edward Said's Orientalism / Ibn Warraq.
Defending the West : a critique of Edward Said's Orientalism / Ibn Warraq.
Defending the West : a critique of Edward Said's Orientalism / Ibn Warraq.
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Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N950.072/3
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English
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556 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. Edward Said and the Saidists -- Pt. 2. The Three Golden Threads and the Misapprehensions of Edward Said -- 1. Three Tutelary Guiding Lights -- 2. Classical Antiquity -- 3. Early Christianity to the Seventeenth Century -- 4. Indian Orientalists -- 5. Western Archaeologists -- 6. Empire and Cur...
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Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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"This is the first systematic critique of Edward Said's influential work Orientalism, a book that for almost three decades has received wide acclaim in both the East and the West, voluminous commentary by scholars, and translation into more than fifteen languages." "In this thorough reconsideration of Said's famous work, Ibn Warraq argues that Said...
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Defending the West : a critique of Edward Said's Orientalism / Ibn Warraq.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N950.072/3
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9781591024842
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950.072
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