Orientalism (Paperback)

Charting the history of the vigorous debate about the nature of orientalism, this timely account revisits the arguments and surveys the case studies inspired by that debate.

In the 1960s and 1970s a powerful assault was launched on orientalism - the study of the Orient. At the center of this attack was Edward Said, whose devastating critique accused Western orientalists of creating stereotypical images of the East, thereby facilitating imperialism and colonialism and inciting chauvinism and racism. The debate involved questions concerning the nature of identity, the nature of imperialism, Islamophobia, myth, Arabism, racism, intercultural relations and feminism. Orientalism summarizes and comments on a number of significant texts, details a number of case studies that have been inspired by the debate, and provides a useful chronology.

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