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Colonising Egypt [EPUB ebook]
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Extending deconstructive theory to historical and political analysis, Timothy Mitchell examines the peculiarity of Western conceptions of order and truth through a re-reading of Europe’s colonial encounter with nineteenth-century Egypt.

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List of illustrations page
Preface to the paperback edition
Acknowledgements
1 Egypt at the exhibition
2 Enframing
3 An appearance of order
4 After we have captured their bodies
5 The machinery of truth
6 The philosophy of the thing
Notes
Select bibliography
Index

Om författaren

Timothy Mitchell is Professor, Department of Middle East and Asian Studies, Columbia University.

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera EPUB ● Sidor 240 ● ISBN 9780520911666 ● Filstorlek 2.6 MB ● Utgivare University of California Press ● Publicerad 1991 ● Utgåva 1 ● Nedladdningsbara 24 månader ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5511239 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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