Edward W. Said
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| Title | : | Orientalism |
| Author | : | Edward W. Said |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 25th Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 395 pages |
| Published | : | May 2003 by Vintage (first published 1978) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Philosophy |
Narration As Books Orientalism
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic.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. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.
Present Books To Orientalism
| Original Title: | Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Criticism (1978) |
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The following is a true story:Me, in a San Franscisco bar reading Orientalism.The blonde girl next to me reading over my shoulder: "So what's Orientalism?"I explain as best I can in a couple sentences. Her: "There are so many isms in Asia - like Buddhism and Taoism. You know what book you should read? The Tao of Poo. It's sooo good. It's, like, the perfect way to teach Americans about Eastern Religion."Horrified, I look back to my book and take a sip of beer.An amazing classic book from the late Edward Saïd about the origins of the Western view of the Orient that shaped literature and music in the 17th-20th century. It is a penetrating view of various racial stereotypes of Arab peoples (dressed in sheets smoking hookahs and generally under-educated and prone to laziness and violence) that pervades all levels of society and served the interests of colonialism to appease consciences of all the violence and subjugation that occurred in China, India the
A Pioneering Study in Intellectual HistoryMake no mistake: this book is not about the East at all - no matter how you fill in that geographical-political-cultural term - but about the West, Western culture in the broad sense of the word (including its political, social and economic dimension). The essence of Saids thesis is that in Western culture an image of the East was created very early on as the fundamentally different: mysterious, strange, exotic, somewhat attractive, but above all
Preface (2003)AcknowledgmentsIntroduction--OrientalismAfterword (1995)NotesIndex
A Seminal Work for Cultural UnderstandingRelations between people of different cultures is a vital part of todays world, not only for cultures sake, but in terms of diplomacy, business, travel, military action, and even just general knowledge for daily life. Unlike in previous eras, we are extremely likely to find ourselves living and working with those others who used to inhabit unknown spaces out there. Governments have to deal intimately with foreigners in a variety of ways. So, intercultural
Edward Said is a whiner! He got the best education from the West and when he was able to stand on his own feet he bit the hand that fed him and started sounding more and more nasty about the Western culture. I can't stand this guy, or even the mention of his name. He is hailed as hero among worshippers of Arabism, and that repulses me.
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest
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