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 xviii
... Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in the late eighteenth century , has been made and remade countless times by power acting through an expedi- ent form of knowledge to assert that this is the Orient's nature , and we must deal with it ...
... Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in the late eighteenth century , has been made and remade countless times by power acting through an expedi- ent form of knowledge to assert that this is the Orient's nature , and we must deal with it ...
Page xxi
... - five years after its publication , Orientalism once again raises the question of whether modern imperialism ever ended , or whether it has continued in the Orient since Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago . Arabs and Preface ...
... - five years after its publication , Orientalism once again raises the question of whether modern imperialism ever ended , or whether it has continued in the Orient since Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago . Arabs and Preface ...
Page xxii
Edward W. Said. Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago . Arabs and Muslims have been told that victimology ... Napoleon , continues with the rise of Oriental studies and the takeover of North Africa , and goes on in similar ...
Edward W. Said. Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago . Arabs and Muslims have been told that victimology ... Napoleon , continues with the rise of Oriental studies and the takeover of North Africa , and goes on in similar ...
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... Napoleon's interest in the Orient was contingent upon his sense of the British role in India : all these Far Eastern interests directly influenced French interest in the Near East , Islam , and the Arabs . Britain and France dominated ...
... Napoleon's interest in the Orient was contingent upon his sense of the British role in India : all these Far Eastern interests directly influenced French interest in the Near East , Islam , and the Arabs . Britain and France dominated ...
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... Napoleon's Egyptian expedition , Europe came to know the Orient more scientifically , to live in it with greater authority and discipline than ever before . But what mattered to Europe was the expanded scope and the much greater ...
... Napoleon's Egyptian expedition , Europe came to know the Orient more scientifically , to live in it with greater authority and discipline than ever before . But what mattered to Europe was the expanded scope and the much greater ...
Contents
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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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