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