Orientalism

Orientalism

by Said, Edward W.

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The theme is the way in which intellectual traditions are created and transmitted ... Orientalism is the example Mr. Said uses, and by it he means something precise. The scholar who studies the Orient (and specifically the Muslim Orient), the imaginitive writer who takes it as his subject, and the institutions which have been concerned with teaching it, settling it, ruling it, all have a certain representation or idea of the Orient defined as being other than the Occident, mysterious, unchangin…

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  • Full title :Orientalism / Edward W. Said.

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The theme is the way in which intellectual traditions are created and transmitted ... Orientalism is the example Mr. Said uses, and by it he means something precise. The scholar who studies the Orient (and specifically the Muslim Orient), the imaginitive writer who takes it as his subject, and the institutions which have been concerned with teaching it, settling it, ruling it, all have a certain representation or idea of the Orient defined as being other than the Occident, mysterious, unchanging and ultimately inferior."--Albert Houran -- from http://www.amazon.com (Jan. 28, 2014).

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1979.
  • Edition:1st Vintage books ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Vintage Books
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1979.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 394 pages

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:039474067X, 9780394740676
  • oclc:ocn754873071
  • LC Classification:DS12
  • Dewey Decimal:950/.07/2

Table of Contents

Chap. 1: The scope of Orientalism: I. Knowing the Oriental -- II. Imaginative Geography and it representations: Orientalizing the Oriental -- III. Projects -- IV. Crisis -- Chap. 2: Orientalist structures and restructures: I. Redrawn frontiers, redefines issues, secularized religion -- II. Silvestre de Sacy and Ernest Renan: Rational Anthropology and Philological Laboratory -- III. Oriental residence and scholarship: the requirements of Lexicography and imagination -- IV. Pilgrims and pilgrimages, British and French -- Chap. 3: Orientalism now: I. Latent and manifest Orientalism -- II. Style, expertise, vision: Orientalism's worldliness -- III. Modern Anglo-French Orientalism in fullest flower -- IV. The latest phase.

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Subjects

Asia Asia -- Foreign public opinion, Western Asia -- Study and teaching Asie -- Étude et enseignement Asie -- Opinion publique occidentale East and West Education Imperialism Impérialisme Middle East Middle East -- Foreign public opinion, … Middle East -- Study and teaching Moyen-Orient -- Étude et enseignement Moyen-Orient -- Opinion publique occide… Public opinion, Western

Writers

Said, Edward W.

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