| Popis: |
Starting from an anecdote exemplified in the 30th Persian letter where Montesquieu highlights the unrestrained curiosity provoked among Parisian onlookers by the sight of a traveler in Oriental costume, we propose to examine what is at stake in similar scenes reported by Egyptian travelers who visited Europe during the 19th century. At the same time, we attempt to explain why, in this typical situation where the traveler suddenly sees himself being watched by the other, this experience in no way arouses in him a feeling of inferiority as claimed by Timothy Mitchell in Colonising Egypt. |
