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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"An important and seminal addition to Middle East Studies." -- Mervat Hatem, Middle East Journal
"Colonising Egypt focuses on the intellectual and political impact of Europe on 19th century Egypt and argues for a critical repositioning of the study of colonial history. Drawing on the methodologies of contemporary European intellectuals such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, Mitchell relocates the significance of these theories within a global context." -- Barbara Harlow, Middle East Report
"This book is not so much about Egypt as it is about the 'mischief' of the West, a mischief dependent on a political metaphysics of its own. . . . The book is written with great tact and decency, and suggests just how much is at stake in understanding the radical nature of colonialism as a form of power." -- Helen Pringle, Politics
"Colonising Egypt focuses on the intellectual and political impact of Europe on 19th century Egypt and argues for a critical repositioning of the study of colonial history. Drawing on the methodologies of contemporary European intellectuals such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida, Mitchell relocates the significance of these theories within a global context." -- Barbara Harlow, Middle East Report
"This book is not so much about Egypt as it is about the 'mischief' of the West, a mischief dependent on a political metaphysics of its own. . . . The book is written with great tact and decency, and suggests just how much is at stake in understanding the radical nature of colonialism as a form of power." -- Helen Pringle, Politics
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Timothy Mitchell is Professor, Department of Middle East and Asian Studies, Columbia University.
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A Derridean Orientalism,
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Mitchell's writing, as stated in the reviews, takes the scholarship begun by Heidegger and continued by Derrida and Foucault and applies it to his critique of 19th century colonialism. The ideas of deconstruction and its fight to overturn both complete objectivity and the hope of "overcoming the system" lead Mitchell to demonstrate that the West and its objectivity is rooted in as much subjectivity as any other cultural perspective. It is this Western rationale that brought European colonialists to impose their values and hierarchies onto the Oriental system, bringing the power structures of Foucault's discourses to the fore. Whatever conclusion you come to take from the book, and Mitchell's arguments are exceptionally convincing, you will certainly not leave its pages with the same mindset you entered.
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An excellent critical work,
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This is an excellent critical work that powerfully engages how the Western colonising project unfolds, and it utilizes Egypt as its main centerpiece. Mitchell is a master when it comes to observing how divergent mindsets prevent the West and East from understanding one another. His use of Foucaldian and Derridian paradigms for describing the experience of modern power in Egypt and process of mutual discovery are amazing, entertaining and insightful. As a Western student living in the Middle East, this work compelled me to question my own mindset, lifestyle, and perceptions. This is a very important book that I would recommend to any intellectual who desires to understand colonialism and/or relate to Egypt and the Middle East.
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This book can be a hard read, but it is brilliant. Of interest to anyone who wants to learn about colonialism, Egypt, and Middle Eastern history in general.
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The Egyptian delegation to the Eight International Congress of Orientalists, held in Stockholm in the summer of 1889, travelled to Sweden via Paris and paused there to visit the World Exhibition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
teaching mosque, new government schools, material realisation, world exhibition, political certainty, les égyptiens Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ibn Khaldun, Middle East, Ali Mubarak, Exposition Universelle, Muhammad Ali, Edward Lane, Lord Cromer, Bureau of Schools, First World War, Gustave Le Bon, North African, Qasim Amin, Ahmad Fathi Zaghlul, Edward Said, Gérard de Nerval, Ibrahim Adham, Michel Foucault, Ministry of Education, Pierre Bourdieu, Taha Husayn, Ecole Polytechnique, Jeremy Bentham, Mustafa Kamil, Ottoman Empire, Samuel Smiles New!
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The Egyptian delegation to the Eight International Congress of Orientalists, held in Stockholm in the summer of 1889, travelled to Sweden via Paris and paused there to visit the World Exhibition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
teaching mosque, new government schools, material realisation, world exhibition, political certainty, les égyptiens Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ibn Khaldun, Middle East, Ali Mubarak, Exposition Universelle, Muhammad Ali, Edward Lane, Lord Cromer, Bureau of Schools, First World War, Gustave Le Bon, North African, Qasim Amin, Ahmad Fathi Zaghlul, Edward Said, Gérard de Nerval, Ibrahim Adham, Michel Foucault, Ministry of Education, Pierre Bourdieu, Taha Husayn, Ecole Polytechnique, Jeremy Bentham, Mustafa Kamil, Ottoman Empire, Samuel Smiles New!
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- Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians by E. W. Lane on 6 pages
- Recognizing Islam: Religion and Society in the Modern Arab World by Michael Gilsenan on 6 pages
- Outline of a Theory of Practice (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Pierre Bourdieu on 4 pages
- An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (At Last--The Definitive Edition of the Classic) by Edward William Lane on 4 pages
- Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault on 4 pages
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- Remaking Women by Lila Abu-Lughod on 9 pages
- The Well-Protected Domains: Ideology and the Legitimation of Power in the Ottoman Empire, 1876-1909 by Selim Deringil on 6 pages
- Colonial Fantasies: Towards a Feminist Reading of Orientalism (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies) by Meyda Yegenoglu on 6 pages
- Whose Pharaohs?: Archaeology, Museums, and Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I by Donald Malcolm Reid on 5 pages
- Remaking the Modern: Space, Relocation, and the Politics of Identity in a Global Cairo by Farha Ghannam on 4 pages
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