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Orientalism by Edward W. Said (1979, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10039474067X
ISBN-139780394740676
eBay Product ID (ePID)15038265055
Product Key Features
Edition25
Book TitleOrientalism
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEthnic Studies / General, Imperialism, Regional Studies, Customs & Traditions, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year1979
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science
AuthorEdward W. Said
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight10.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN79-010497
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." -- The New York Times "Powerful and disturbing.... The theme is the way in which intellectual traditions are created and transmitted." -- The New York Review of Books "Stimulating, elegant yet pugnacious.... Said observes the West observing the Arabs, and he does not like what he finds." -- The Observer "An important book.... Never has there been as sustained and as persuasive a case against Orientalism as Said's." -- Jerusalem Post, "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 Hourani, New York Review of Books
Dewey Decimal950
Table Of ContentThe Scope of Orientalism 1. Knowing the Oriental 2. Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental 3. Projects 4. Crisis Orientalist Structures and Restructures 1. Redrawn Frontiers, Redefined Issues, Secularized Religion 2. Silvestre de Sacy and Ernest Renan: Rational Anthropology and Philological Laboratory 3. Oriental Residence and Scholarship: The Requirements of Lexicography and Imagination 4. Pilgrims and Pilgrimages, British and French Orientalism Now 1. Latent and Manifest Orientalism 2. Style, Expertise, Vision: Orientalism's Worldliness 3. Modern Anglo-French Orientalism in Fullest Flower 4. The Latest Phase
SynopsisA groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is--decades after its first publication--one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." -- The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding., More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.
LC Classification NumberDS5
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- 12 Oct, 2016
Worth the read!!!!
This is a classic and a must read for anyone interested with an open mind about today's American islamophobia. If you have any doubts about what I am saying please read the one star review. This may be hard to read for some because it is written for a high school educated audience. But I promise you that it is worth it no matter what your reading level is!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Jan, 2018
It's a fare condition! For the price.
I knew it was a used book . But it has creases and tears on the binding and cover. It's marked in the inside and the pages are yellow.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Jul, 2021
One of the best in its category
Insightful book by an author who knows the history firsthand.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Aug, 2024
Great book
Great authorVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 18 Jan, 2017
Orientalism by Edward Said
Pompous, ponificacting, narrow minded professor. Much criticism of all others, himself weak on substance. His analysis is better than any of the Lenard Ronald Herbert of middle east analysis.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Feb, 2024
A Seminal Work and a Modern Classic.
One of the best books of the 20th century and beyond, by one of the finest scholars of our time, Edward Said.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Jan, 2021
Great book!
I am very happy to have a great book with a perfect condition.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 May, 2024
Good be price on book which is difficult to find.
Good be price on book which is difficult to find.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Jun, 2024
All great
All greatVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Sep, 2020
Highly intellectual
A hard slog but worth itVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
