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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... traditional Orientalist dogma as I describe its creation and circulation in this book - there would have been no war . So from the very same directorate of paid professional schol- ars enlisted by the Dutch conquerors of Malaysia and ...
... traditional Orientalist dogma as I describe its creation and circulation in this book - there would have been no war . So from the very same directorate of paid professional schol- ars enlisted by the Dutch conquerors of Malaysia and ...
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... 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 European Western experience . The Orient is not only adjacent to Europe ; it is also the place of ...
... 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 European Western experience . The Orient is not only adjacent to Europe ; it is also the place of ...
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... tradition , whose fortunes , transmigra- tions , specializations , and transmissions are in part the subject of this study , is a more general meaning for Orientalism . Orientalism is a style of thought based upon an ontological and ...
... tradition , whose fortunes , transmigra- tions , specializations , and transmissions are in part the subject of this study , is a more general meaning for Orientalism . Orientalism is a style of thought based upon an ontological and ...
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... tradition of colonial administrators , a formidable schol- arly corpus , innumerable Oriental " experts " and " hands , " an Orien- tal professorate , a complex array of " Oriental " ideas ( Oriental despotism , Oriental splendor ...
... tradition of colonial administrators , a formidable schol- arly corpus , innumerable Oriental " experts " and " hands , " an Orien- tal professorate , a complex array of " Oriental " ideas ( Oriental despotism , Oriental splendor ...
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... tradition of thought , imagery , and vocabulary that have given it reality and presence in and for the West . The two geographical entities thus support and to an extent reflect each other . Having said that , one must go on to state a ...
... tradition of thought , imagery , and vocabulary that have given it reality and presence in and for the West . The two geographical entities thus support and to an extent reflect each other . Having said that , one must go on to state a ...
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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