UID:
almafu_9958105934302883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) :
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-07899-5
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9786613520197
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0-520-91166-0
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0-585-11672-5
Content:
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.
Note:
Front matter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Preface to the Paperback Edition --
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Acknowledgements --
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Chapter 1. Egypt at the exhibition --
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Chapter 3. An appearance of order --
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Chapter 4. After we have captured their bodies --
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Chapter 5. The machinery of truth --
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Chapter 6. The philosophy of the thing --
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Notes --
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Select bibliography --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-520-07568-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520911666