In both Edward Said"s "Knowing the OrientalaE and Samuel P. ... He illustrates English and Western superiority by stating the Western capacity for self-government and "Oriental"saE inability to establish it by its own motion. ... In the case of Balfour, his ethnocentric views and condescending analysis of Egyptians clearly does not make him a good policy maker for the English occupation of Egypt. ... Said"s book "Knowing the OrientalaE he quotes Balfour in saying "To have such knowledge of such a thing (Egypt) is to dominate it.aE(Said p.32) I believe that this is a ...