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
... speak of changing the map of the Middle East , as if ancient societies and myriad peoples can be shaken up like so many peanuts in a jar . But this has often happened with the " Orient , " that semi - mythical construct , which , since ...
... speak of changing the map of the Middle East , as if ancient societies and myriad peoples can be shaken up like so many peanuts in a jar . But this has often happened with the " Orient , " that semi - mythical construct , which , since ...
Page xix
... speak in the name of foreign policy and who have no live notion ( or any knowledge at all ) of the language of what real people actually speak has fabricated an arid landscape ready for American power to construct there an ersatz model ...
... speak in the name of foreign policy and who have no live notion ( or any knowledge at all ) of the language of what real people actually speak has fabricated an arid landscape ready for American power to construct there an ersatz model ...
Page xxiii
... speak about issues of injustice and suffering , but that we need to do so always within a context that is amply situated in history , cul- ture , and socioeconomic reality . Our role is to widen the field of discussion , not to set ...
... speak about issues of injustice and suffering , but that we need to do so always within a context that is amply situated in history , cul- ture , and socioeconomic reality . Our role is to widen the field of discussion , not to set ...
Page xxiv
... speak about a different alternative model that has been extremely important to me in my work . As a humanist whose field is literature , I am old enough to have been trained forty years ago in the field of comparative literature , whose ...
... speak about a different alternative model that has been extremely important to me in my work . As a humanist whose field is literature , I am old enough to have been trained forty years ago in the field of comparative literature , whose ...
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... speak of Orientalism therefore is to speak mainly , although not exclusively , of a British and French cultural enter- prise , a project whose dimensions take in such disparate realms as the imagination itself , the whole of India and ...
... speak of Orientalism therefore is to speak mainly , although not exclusively , of a British and French cultural enter- prise , a project whose dimensions take in such disparate realms as the imagination itself , the whole of India and ...
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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