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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... less influence such a view seems to have , and the more territorially reductive polarizations like " Islam v . the West " seem to conquer . For those of us who by force of circumstance actually live the pluri - cultural life as it ...
... less influence such a view seems to have , and the more territorially reductive polarizations like " Islam v . the West " seem to conquer . For those of us who by force of circumstance actually live the pluri - cultural life as it ...
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... less fortunate men and women . ) But what has really been lost is a sense of the density and interdependence of human life , which can neither be reduced to a formula nor be brushed aside as irrelevant . Even the language of the war is ...
... less fortunate men and women . ) But what has really been lost is a sense of the density and interdependence of human life , which can neither be reduced to a formula nor be brushed aside as irrelevant . Even the language of the war is ...
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... less so the Germans , Russians , Spanish , Portuguese , Italians , and Swiss - have had a long tradition of what I shall be calling Orientalism , a way of coming to terms with the Orient that is based on the Orient's special place in ...
... less so the Germans , Russians , Spanish , Portuguese , Italians , and Swiss - have had a long tradition of what I shall be calling Orientalism , a way of coming to terms with the Orient that is based on the Orient's special place in ...
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... less dense , although our recent Japanese , Korean , and Indochinese adventures ought now to be creating a more sober , more realistic " Oriental " awareness . Moreover , the vastly expanded American political and economic role in the ...
... less dense , although our recent Japanese , Korean , and Indochinese adventures ought now to be creating a more sober , more realistic " Oriental " awareness . Moreover , the vastly expanded American political and economic role in the ...
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... less imaginative meanings of Orientalism is a constant one , and since the late eighteenth century there has been a considerable , quite disciplined - perhaps even regulated - traffic between the two . Here I come to the third meaning ...
... less imaginative meanings of Orientalism is a constant one , and since the late eighteenth century there has been a considerable , quite disciplined - perhaps even regulated - traffic between the two . Here I come to the third meaning ...
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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