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 this has been exemplified repeatedly throughout history, the argument was perfectly epitomized when Prime Minister Arthur Balfour gave a speech in defense of Great Britain's occupation of E...

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