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 xi
... interest of the colleagues , friends , and students in various places whose questions and discussion sharpened the text considerably . André Schiffrin and Jeanne Morton of Pantheon Books were ideal pub- lisher and copy editor ...
... interest of the colleagues , friends , and students in various places whose questions and discussion sharpened the text considerably . André Schiffrin and Jeanne Morton of Pantheon Books were ideal pub- lisher and copy editor ...
Page xi
... interest of the colleagues, friends, and students in various places whose questions and discussion sharpened the text considerably. André Schiffrin and Jeanne Morton of Pantheon Books were ideal publisher and copy editor, respectively ...
... interest of the colleagues, friends, and students in various places whose questions and discussion sharpened the text considerably. André Schiffrin and Jeanne Morton of Pantheon Books were ideal publisher and copy editor, respectively ...
Page xvi
... interest in what I tried to do in my book hasn't completely died down , particularly in the many different lands of the " Orient " itself . In part , of course , that is because the Middle East , the Arabs , and Islam have continued to ...
... interest in what I tried to do in my book hasn't completely died down , particularly in the many different lands of the " Orient " itself . In part , of course , that is because the Middle East , the Arabs , and Islam have continued to ...
Page xxiv
... interest in Islam gen- erally , and Hafiz in particular , a consuming passion that led to the composition of the West - Östlicher Diwan , and it inflected Goethe's later ideas about Weltliteratur , the study of all the liter- atures of ...
... interest in Islam gen- erally , and Hafiz in particular , a consuming passion that led to the composition of the West - Östlicher Diwan , and it inflected Goethe's later ideas about Weltliteratur , the study of all the liter- atures of ...
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... interests inevitably brought to bear on ( and therefore always involved in ) any occasion when that peculiar entity " the Orient " is in question . How this happens is what this book tries to demonstrate . It also tries to show that ...
... interests inevitably brought to bear on ( and therefore always involved in ) any occasion when that peculiar entity " the Orient " is in question . How this happens is what this book tries to demonstrate . It also tries to show that ...
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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