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Orientalism
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A 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. • With a new foreword by Ussama Makdisi
"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.
"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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“Im pretty disappointed in the end, the book definitely has good points and rightly criticizes imperialism and the racist ignorance of a large amount of past scholars, but i think ultimately it’s purely ideological. Said says hes not anti western but ue clearly is. He’s view on the “Orient” is gery idealised and naive. Ofc as he rightly points out the study of orientalist issues has significant amounts of malpractice and cooperation with imperial powers but to dismiss most of it as simply bad is just as ignorant. Both sides have idssues and its thanks to western scholars that much of eastern culture and history has been preserved. He has a very narrow view looking at all this from a single idealist perspective, without taking into account that wanting to understand and preserve other cultures(or even your own) is not natural or given in history. The westen drive towards science and preserving history is the only reason the modern world values these things to a point where we now look at impefect attempts of our ancestors to make progress in these regards with criticism and ridicule. But ee forget that without thier efforts we couldn’t do what we do now and the world would have lost even more history. So yes westen studies r “euro-centric”, but thats not a bad thing inherently, lets have other civilizations develop their own scientific approaches and then see if they would care to preserve foreign heritage. I think its just a very one sided, leftist and modern outlook on the issue and while the criticism is correct, Said doesn’t seem to offer any real advice to further research, and neither does he show any other civilization that has done a better job in this endeavors.”
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About Edward W. Said
Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.
He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation.
He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation.
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