Orientalism
WESTERN CONCEPTIONS OF THE ORIENT
Penguin Classics
Paperback
: 28 Aug 2003
£10.99
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Synopsis
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 and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West’s romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. In his new preface, Said examines the effect of continuing Western imperialism after recent events in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq.
With a new preface by the author
Reviews
Customer Review: 28 March 2008
Reviewer: karima
Edward Said , Orientalism
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‘Beautifully patterned and passionately argued’
New Statesman
‘Magisterial’
Terry Eagleton
