OrientalismA groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—three decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. |
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... Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in the late eighteenth century, has been made and remade countless times by power acting through an expedient form of knowledge to assert that this is the Orient's nature, and we must deal with it ...
... 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 Muslims Preface xxi.
Edward W. Said. Napoleon's entry into Egypt two centuries ago. Arabs and Muslims have been told that victimology and ... Napoleon, continues with the rise of Oriental studies and the takeover of North Africa, and goes on in similar ...
... 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, the ...
... 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 refinement ...
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 |
Orientalism Worldliness | 226 |
Modern AngloFrench Orientalism in Fullest Flower | 255 |
The Latest Phase | 284 |
Afterword | 329 |