Orientalism
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 12, 1979
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- Who it’s for
- A vigorous study of how Western power shaped the idea of the East—and still shapes understanding.
- Themes
- Western perceptions of the East, European imperial power, The East's right to self-representation
- Genres
- Colonialism & Its Aftermath, Middle Eastern History, Ethnic Studies
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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.
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• 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.
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A vigorous study of how Western power shaped the idea of the East—and still shapes understanding.
Come here for
- A searching account of culture, history, and the politics of representation
- A way to question familiar ideas of East and West
Expect
- An intellectually wide-ranging critique
- A sustained argument tracing Orientalism’s origins and continuing influence
Where it sits
| Colonialism & Its Aftermath | 83% |
|---|---|
| Middle Eastern History | 31% |
| Ethnic Studies | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Colonialism & Its Aftermath
- Ethnic Studies
- Regional Studies
- Authors
- Edward W. Said
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- October 12, 1979
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Western perceptions of the East · European imperial power · The East's right to self-representation
- Reading lane
- Colonialism & Its Aftermath