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Orientalism | Edward W. Said

Orientalism | Edward W. Said

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Nonfiction Postcolonial Studies Literary Criticism Cultural Studies Still relevant today, more than 30 years since its first publication, this is a groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East and the ongoing refusal of the West to have the East represent itself. Paperback 432 pages Penguin Modern Classics

In this highly acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs.

He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval, Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism.

 

Edward W. Said was a university professor at Columbia University. He was born in Jerusalem in 1935 and educated in Egypt and the United States. His other books include The Question of Palestine, Culture and Imperialism and Out of Place: A Memoir. He died in 2003.

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