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



Inhalt

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

Titel
Colonising Egypt
Untertitel
With a new preface
EAN
9780520911666
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
11.10.1991
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Anzahl Seiten
240