orientalism von said edward w, Erstausgabe (13 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318. 2003. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

Soft Cover. Zustand: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased, a little toned); pp. xxviii (last blank), 396. A near fine copy.

Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. A groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that isdecades after its first publicationone of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order . and very exciting." The New York TimesIn this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition black cloth in dust jacket. Book in Very Good condition. Two tears on back of dust jacket. VG/G. 369 pp.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($15.00); xi,[3],368pp. Light edge wear and curling to jacket extremities, corners tapped, boards bowing very faintly at fore-edge, else a Very Good, sound copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slight foxing to paper edge and browning to inner edge of dustwrapper - otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, tiny chipping to top of spine otherwise Fine.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Irva Mandelbaum (dust jacket design) (illustrator). First Edition. Large 8vo. Pp. xi, [3], 368. Notes. Index. Bound in full navy cloth with gilt lettering stamped on the front board and spine. Remainder mark on bottom edge; light dampstain along lower edge cloth and gutter corner of rear endpapers. In the color illustrated dust jacket that shows light edge-wear, dampstain visible on lower inside verso only. Price of $15.00 remains intact on front flap. Said's groundbreaking polemic lambasting the ossified Western view of the East as sensual, lazy, tyrannical, corrupt and retrograde. Among his fresh insights was that Forster, Conrad and Kipling produced novels designed not to question status quo, but to bolster colonialism, to keep the empire intact. The dust jacket features the painting "The Snake Charmer" by Jean-Léon Gérôme. While the condition factors are evident, this copy presents well, with the dust jacket now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine Condition. First Edition. Light shelfwear, previous owner's signature to endpaper and a large bookplate on pastedown; jacket price clipped. An attractive copy of Said's work on the multifarious destructiveness of colonialism. An enormously influential and zeitgeist shifting work. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 047440.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine Condition. First Edition. Faint shelfwear previous owner's signature to endpaper. A fine copy of Said's work on the multifarious destructiveness of colonialism. An enormously influential and zeitgeist shifting work here in the first English edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 047439.

368, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition. 368, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of the defining documents of post-colonial thinking. Blue cloth, dust jacket. Remainder stamp to bottom edge, jacket unclipped (one tiny closed tear at top of front panel, lightest shelfwear).