This is an excellent book covering the power of literature to form and maintain ideological control over cultures, history, and people.

This is an excellent book covering the power of literature to form and maintain ideological control over cultures, history, and people.  Read Less

Cultural domination always meets cultural resistance, notes said.

Cultural domination always meets cultural resistance, notes said.  Read Less

Deep book that much-neededly drags the personal/political contex that envelops writers into open, but i wish he had translated ...  Read More

Deep book that much-neededly drags the personal/political contex that envelops writers into open, but i wish he had translated the french, german,etc.  Read Less

In the ideology level, the book set around a clear thread that keeps you engaged the whole time; a lot of examples support assu...  Read More

In the ideology level, the book set around a clear thread that keeps you engaged the whole time; a lot of examples support assumption that he made.  Read Less

In short, when said wrote something provocative, like foucault he came to it from a perspective that a lifetime in the humanities afforded.

In short, when said wrote something provocative, like foucault he came to it from a perspective that a lifetime in the humanities afforded.  Read Less

The roman empire was surprisingly lenient in colonies regarding native religions as long as the emperor got his due, but i don'...  Read More

The roman empire was surprisingly lenient in colonies regarding native religions as long as the emperor got his due, but i don't recall that they erected statues or temples in occupied territories.  Read Less

What a wonderful bookseller and self-proclaimed "living breathing person" - what a joy to receive such a carefully packaged quality book!

What a wonderful bookseller and self-proclaimed "living breathing person" - what a joy to receive such a carefully packaged quality book!  Read Less

His aim is not to disparage the west but to show how one's identity is more or less determined by one's relationship with the o...  Read More

His aim is not to disparage the west but to show how one's identity is more or less determined by one's relationship with the other ( the third world).  Read Less