OrientalismA groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. |
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... French 166 Chapter 3 Orientalism Now Latent and Manifest Orientalism 201 Style, Expertise, Vision: Orientalism & Worldliness 226 Modern Anglo-French Orientalism in Fullest Flower 255 The Latest Phase 284 Afterword 329 Notes 353 Index ...
... French 166 Chapter 3 Orientalism Now Latent and Manifest Orientalism 201 Style, Expertise, Vision: Orientalism & Worldliness 226 Modern Anglo-French Orientalism in Fullest Flower 255 The Latest Phase 284 Afterword 329 Notes 353 Index ...
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... India , Mesopotamia , Egypt , West Africa , the French armies of Indochina and North Africa , came the American advisers to the Pentagon and the White House , using the same clichés , the same demeaning stereotypes , the XX ORIENTALISM.
... India , Mesopotamia , Egypt , West Africa , the French armies of Indochina and North Africa , came the American advisers to the Pentagon and the White House , using the same clichés , the same demeaning stereotypes , the XX ORIENTALISM.
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... French to pontificate about how the democracy domino effect is just what the Arab world needs . Combative and woefully ignorant policy experts , whose world experience is limited to the Beltway , grind out books on " ter- rorism ” and ...
... French to pontificate about how the democracy domino effect is just what the Arab world needs . Combative and woefully ignorant policy experts , whose world experience is limited to the Beltway , grind out books on " ter- rorism ” and ...
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... French journalist wrote regretfully of the gutted downtown area that " it had once seemed to belong to . . . the ... French readers . Americans will not feel quite the same about the Orient , which for them is much more likely to ...
... French journalist wrote regretfully of the gutted downtown area that " it had once seemed to belong to . . . the ... French readers . Americans will not feel quite the same about the Orient , which for them is much more likely to ...
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... French cultural enter- prise , a project whose dimensions take in such disparate realms as the imagination itself , the whole of India and the Levant , the Biblical texts and the Biblical lands , the spice trade , colonial armies and a ...
... French cultural enter- prise , a project whose dimensions take in such disparate realms as the imagination itself , the whole of India and the Levant , the Biblical texts and the Biblical lands , the spice trade , colonial armies and a ...
Contents
31 | |
Projects | 73 |
Crisis | 92 |
Redrawn Frontiers Redefined Issues Secularized | 113 |
Rational | 123 |
Pilgrims and Pilgrimages British and French | 166 |
Latent and Manifest Orientalism | 201 |
Orientalisms Worldliness | 226 |
Modern AngloFrench Orientalism in Fullest Flower | 255 |
The Latest Phase | 284 |
Afterword | 329 |
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