Part II examines the rise of chrestomathy and argues that the modern form of the title entity was founded by Silvestre de Sacy and reshaped by Ernest Renan.
This work's last section, "The Latest Phase," takes issue with the work of Morroe Berger and Manfred Halpern, who argue that certain figures are incapable of thought. Part II examines the rise of chrestomathy and argues that the modern form of the title entity was founded by Silvestre de Sacy and reshaped by Ernest Renan. Another section argues that Flaubert sexualized an entire country by describing a dancer in works like "Herodias" and The Temptation of St. Anthony. The first chapter examines Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and argues that a line was drawn between two certain continents, which led to the characterization that Asia is "defeated and distant." For 10 points, name this 1978 book that argues that Western scholarship towards the East is fraught with prejudice, a work of Edward Said.
This work's last section, "The Latest Phase," takes issue with the work of Morroe Berger and Manfred Halpern, who argue that certain figures are incapable of thought.
Orientalism