Orientalism /
Edward W. Said.

Description

Main Author

Said, Edward W.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Vintage Books, 1979, c1978.

Edition

1st Vintage Books ed.

Subjects

Orientalism
East and West
Imperialism
Middle East > Middle East / Foreign public opinion, Western
Asia > Asia / Foreign public opinion, Western
Middle East > Middle East / Study and teaching
Asia > Asia / Study and teaching
Middle East > Middle East / Foreign public opinion, Occidental.
Asia > Asia / Foreign public opinion, Occidental.
Books.

Summary

The theme is the way in which intellectual traditions are created and trans-mitted... 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).

Physical Description

xi, 368 p. ; 21 cm.

ISBN

039474067X

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