Official documents reflect the vested interests of their authors

Evidence

In short, the point to be made is that no matter how impressive certain texts appear to be, they still do not write themselves: they are a reflection of the vested interests of a certain group of people who are trying to hide these interests behind some idea of universal truth or abstract writ and couch it in some consistent, impressive language. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 963

Categorization

• XREF: Applies the classic critique of ideology — documents serve group interests masked as universal truth — familiar from Frankfurt School and postcolonial historiography. — connects to: All texts position readers and serve some author’s interests — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 604; State texts mask the vested interests of their authors; Texts vested with institutional authority generate the reality they claim only to describe — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 263 (+3 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: which particular Egyptian bureaucratic groups in the army’s high echelons pushed these ‘universal’ regulations, and to what end?
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: All texts position readers and serve some author’s interests — James D. Kirylo (ed.), Reinventing Pedagogy of the Oppressed:…, 604; State texts mask the vested interests of their authors; Texts vested with institutional authority generate the reality they claim only to describe — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 263 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• State texts mask the vested interests of their authors #corroborates (0.95)