ISBN:
9780520075689
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (237 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Colonising Egypt : With a new preface
DDC:
303.48/26204
Keywords:
Egypt - Civilization - 1798-
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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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; Contents; List of illustrations; 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
