ISBN:
9780520911666
,
0520911660
,
0585116725
,
9780585116723
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 218 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Colonising Egypt
DDC:
303.4826204
Keywords:
Civilization
;
International relations
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Globalization
;
HISTORY ; Middle East ; General
;
Egypt Relations
;
Europe
;
Europe Relations
;
Egypt
;
Egypt Civilization
;
1798-
;
Egypt
;
Europe
;
Europe Relations
;
Egypt Civilization 1798-
;
Egypt Relations
;
Egypt Relations
;
Egypt Civilization 1798-
;
Europe Relations
;
Egypt
;
Europe
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface to the paperback edition; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Egypt at the Exhibition; Chapter 2: Enframing; Chapter 3: An Appearance of Order; Chapter 4: After we have Captured their Bodies; Chapter 5: The Machinery of Truth; Chapter 6: The Philosophy of the Thing; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-213) and index. - Description based on print version record
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