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Description	Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward W. Said, in which he provides a critical study of the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism, the West's patronizing perceptions and fictional depictions of "The East" — the societies and peoples who inhabit the places of Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Orientalism, Western scholarship about the Eastern World, was and remains inextricably tied to the imperialist societies who produced it, which makes much Orientalist work inherently political and servile to power, and thus intellectually suspect.The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought, Third Edition. (1999) p. 617.In the Middle East, the social, economic, and cultural practices of the ruling Arab élites indicate they are imperial satraps who have internalized the romanticized "Arab Culture" created by British and American Orientalists; the examples include critical analyses of the colonial literature of Joseph Conrad, which conflates a people, a time, and a place into a narrative of incident and adventure in an exotic land.The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, Third Edition (1994), pp. 642.The critical application of post-structuralism in the scholarship of Orientalism influenced the development of literary theory, cultural criticism, and the field of Middle Eastern studies, especially regarding how academics practice their intellectual enquiry when examining, describing, and explaining the Middle East.Stephen Howe, "Dangerous mind?", New Humanist, Vol. 123, November/December 2008 The scope of Said's scholarship established Orientalism as a foundation text in the field of Post-colonial Culture Studies, which examines the denotations and connotations of Orientalism, and the history of a country's post-colonial period.The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, Third Edition (1994), pp. 642–43, 581–83As a public intellectual, Edward Said debated Orientalism with historians and scholars of area studies, notably, the Orientalist and historian Bernard Lewis, who said that the thesis of Orientalism was “anti–Western”.Oleg Grabar, Edward Said, Bernard Lewis, "Orientalism: An Exchange", New York Review of Books, Vol. 29, No. 13. 12 August 1982. Accessed 4 January 2010. For subsequent editions of Orientalism, Said wrote an "Afterword" (1995)Orientalism: "Afterword" pp. 329–352. and a "Preface" (2003) addressing criticisms of the content, substance, and style of the work as cultural criticism.Orientalism: "Preface," pp. xi-xxiii.
Description	Orientalism is a 1978 book by Edward W. Said, in which he provides a critical study of the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism, the West's patronizing perceptions and fictional depictions of "The East" — the societies and peoples who inhabit the places of Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Orientalism, Western scholarship about the Eastern World, was and remains inextricably tied to the imperialist societies who produced it, which makes much Orientalist work inherently political and servile to power, and thus intellectually suspect.The New Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thought, Third Edition. (1999) p. 617.In the Middle East, the social, economic, and cultural practices of the ruling Arab élites indicate they are imperial satraps who have internalized the romanticized "Arab Culture" created by British and American Orientalists; the examples include critical analyses of the colonial literature of Joseph Conrad, which conflates a people, a time, and a place into a narrative of incident and adventure in an exotic land.The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, Third Edition (1994), pp. 642.The critical application of post-structuralism in the scholarship of Orientalism influenced the development of literary theory, cultural criticism, and the field of Middle Eastern studies, especially regarding how academics practice their intellectual enquiry when examining, describing, and explaining the Middle East.Stephen Howe, "Dangerous mind?", New Humanist, Vol. 123, November/December 2008 The scope of Said's scholarship established Orientalism as a foundation text in the field of Post-colonial Culture Studies, which examines the denotations and connotations of Orientalism, and the history of a country's post-colonial period.The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, Third Edition (1994), pp. 642–43, 581–83As a public intellectual, Edward Said debated Orientalism with historians and scholars of area studies, notably, the Orientalist and historian Bernard Lewis, who said that the thesis of Orientalism was “anti–Western”.Oleg Grabar, Edward Said, Bernard Lewis, "Orientalism: An Exchange", New York Review of Books, Vol. 29, No. 13. 12 August 1982. Accessed 4 January 2010. For subsequent editions of Orientalism, Said wrote an "Afterword" (1995)Orientalism: "Afterword" pp. 329–352. and a "Preface" (2003) addressing criticisms of the content, substance, and style of the work as cultural criticism.Orientalism: "Preface," pp. xi-xxiii.

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Name	Orientalism
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Authors	Edward W. Saïd
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	368
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Media_type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
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Isbn	978-0-394-42814-7
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Oclc	4004102
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Publisher	Pantheon Books
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