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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Page xix
... Muslim for their backwardness , lack of democra- cy , and abrogation of women's rights that we simply forget that such notions as modernity , enlightenment , and democracy are by no means simple and agreed - upon concepts that one ...
... Muslim for their backwardness , lack of democra- cy , and abrogation of women's rights that we simply forget that such notions as modernity , enlightenment , and democracy are by no means simple and agreed - upon concepts that one ...
Page xx
... Muslim menace , all of them written by political polemicists pretending to knowledge im- parted to them and others by experts who have supposedly penetrated to the heart of these strange Oriental peoples over there who have been such a ...
... Muslim menace , all of them written by political polemicists pretending to knowledge im- parted to them and others by experts who have supposedly penetrated to the heart of these strange Oriental peoples over there who have been such a ...
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Edward W. Said. Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago . Arabs and Muslims have been told that victimology and dwelling on the depredations of empire is only a way of evading responsibility in the present . You have failed , you ...
Edward W. Said. Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago . Arabs and Muslims have been told that victimology and dwelling on the depredations of empire is only a way of evading responsibility in the present . You have failed , you ...
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... Muslim countries the situation is scarcely better . As Roula Khalaf argues , in an excellent Financial Times essay ( September 4 , 2002 ) , the region has slipped into an easy anti - Americanism that shows little understanding of what ...
... Muslim countries the situation is scarcely better . As Roula Khalaf argues , in an excellent Financial Times essay ( September 4 , 2002 ) , the region has slipped into an easy anti - Americanism that shows little understanding of what ...
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... Muslim is very strong indeed , and it is this web which every Palestinian has come to feel as his uniquely punishing destiny . It has made matters worse for him to remark that no person academic- ally involved with the Near East - no ...
... Muslim is very strong indeed , and it is this web which every Palestinian has come to feel as his uniquely punishing destiny . It has made matters worse for him to remark that no person academic- ally involved with the Near East - no ...
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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