Said argues that Orientalism, in the sense of the Western scholarship about the Eastern World, is inextricably tied to the imperialist societies who produced it, which makes much Orientalist work inherently political and servile to power.Įdward Said’s analysis of Orientalism was a powerful critique that showed how a concept, elaborated in academic writings and popular discourse, achieved virtually hegemonic status although it was both wrong and supportive of relations of domination and exploitation on an international scale. Societies and peoples of the Orient are those who inhabit the places of Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. Said, in which the author establishes the eponymous term “Orientalism” as a critical concept to describe the West’s common, contemptuous depiction and portrayal of “The East,” i.e. ASAA Southeast Asia Publications Series.Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
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