...as if the Third World will also be the battleground where the environmental war will be waged. For, "appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies...of the present. What animates such appeals is not disagreement about what happened in the past and what the past was, but uncertainty about whether the...

...emerging' in the construction of imperial identities. Such power is all the more important where there is 'uncertainty about whether the past really is past, over and concluded, or whether it continues . . .'8 In this light the Annals can be seen as being written, in part, to quell Tassilo and their...

...competitive desires of the characters. Within a more theoretical framework, Said has stressed that "[...] appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies...it continues, albeit in different forms, perhaps".' x Endeavouring to unpick Bajazet's scruples concerning the conventions of non-marriage for sultans,...

...1995 150 PREFACE Appeals to the past are amongst the commonest of strategies in the interpretation of the present. What animates such appeals is not...or whether it continues, albeit in different forms. (Edward Said, 1993: 1) In this book I seek to explain the value of a study of the historical context...

...previous regime plays a decisive role. Chapter 5: Colonial Replica Urban Design and Political Cultures Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies...was, but uncertainty about whether the past really is over and concluded, or whether it continues, albeit in different forms, perhaps. This problem animates...

...while ultimately concluding with a glorious vision for the future of Singapore.27 As Said observes, "Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present" (Culture and Imperialism 3). Ironically, the shapers of Singapore's masterfully nationalistic musicals...

...(1994: 1) puts it better, despite offering admittedly a rather general connection between past and present: What animates such appeals is not only disagreement...was, but uncertainty about whether the past really is the past, over and concluded, or whether it continues, albeit in different forms, perhaps. 'Perhaps'!...

...Cultures remain by and large prisoners of their respective pasts. Edward Said (1993: 1) succinctly argues: Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies...of discussions - about influence, about blame and judgement, about present actualities and future priorities. It is in these pasts that cultures normally...

...stärker war, der Franzose aber glücklicher.34 Die Stadt der Vergangenheit II -Zeitreisen vor 1939 »Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present« schrieb Edward Said35 und Reiseliteratur über Metropolen folgt dieser narrativen Strategie. London,...

...interest in the Orient" (Said 1979, '<>)• 5. Said cautions: "Appeals to the past are among the commonest strategies in interpretations of the present. What animates such appeals is not only dis192 agreement about what happened in the past and what the past was, but uncertainty about whether...