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
... knowledge to assert that this is the Orient's nature , and we must deal with it accordingly . In the process the uncount- able sediments of history , which include innumerable histories and a dizzying variety of peoples , languages ...
... knowledge to assert that this is the Orient's nature , and we must deal with it accordingly . In the process the uncount- able sediments of history , which include innumerable histories and a dizzying variety of peoples , languages ...
Page xix
... knowledge of other peoples and other times that is the result of understanding , compassion , careful study and analysis for their own sakes , and on the other hand knowledge - if that is what it is that is part of an overall campaign ...
... knowledge of other peoples and other times that is the result of understanding , compassion , careful study and analysis for their own sakes , and on the other hand knowledge - if that is what it is that is part of an overall campaign ...
Page xx
... 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 terrible thorn in " our " flesh . Accompanying such warmongering expertise ...
... 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 terrible thorn in " our " flesh . Accompanying such warmongering expertise ...
Page xxv
... knowledge of languages and history was necessary , but it was never enough , any more than the mechanical gather- ing of facts would constitute an adequate method for grasping what an author like Dante , for example , was all about ...
... knowledge of languages and history was necessary , but it was never enough , any more than the mechanical gather- ing of facts would constitute an adequate method for grasping what an author like Dante , for example , was all about ...
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... Knowledge and in Discipline and Punish , to identify Orientalism . My contention is that without examining Orientalism as a discourse one cannot possibly understand the enormously systematic discipline by which European culture was able ...
... Knowledge and in Discipline and Punish , to identify Orientalism . My contention is that without examining Orientalism as a discourse one cannot possibly understand the enormously systematic discipline by which European culture was able ...
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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