Napoleon's discoveries in Egypt gave birth to the fascination with Ancient Egyptian culture and Egyptology in Europe. ... Thus, claiming that aside from the often-discussed political supremacy of the West, Western scholars have also successfully employed the interpretation of the Orient's languages, history and culture for themselves by writing The Orient's past and constructing its modern identities from a perspective that views Europe as the norm and The Orient as the socially-constructed, "exotic." ... While Loti created his reality of Morocco as ˜the exotic',...

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In his research regarding the specific case of Germany, Koerkel (2001) suggests that because Germans do not see themselves as alcoholics and do not want to abstain from alcohol completely, being that it is such an important part of their culture, there is a need for an alternative treatment method for them. ...

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