Orientalism revolusionized study of the middle East and helped to create and shape entire new fields of study such as post-colonial theory as well influencing discipline as diverse as English,History,Anthropology,Political science and cultural studies.
Orientalism tries to answer the question why when we think of the middle Esat for example,we have preconceived nation of what kind of people live there,what they believe,what they act.
More generally Orientalism ask,how do we come to understand people,strangers who look different to us by virtue of the color of their skin?
The central argument of Orientalism is that the way that we require this knowledge is not innocent or objective but certain interests.That,is highly motivated.
Methodological Problem#Academic
#Imaginative meanings
# Historically and materially
Orientalism derives from british and french cultural enterprise.Beggining of the 19th century and end of world war-2 british and france dominated orient and orientalism.
Occidents Orients
West East
# Colonizers # Colonized# Good # Evil
#Civilized # Uncivilized
#Strong # weak
Edward said explain the meaning of the orients and how they are represened as bad.Orientalism is political idea.to gaze-to see.political way to loooking something.process or construction something orientalism is an academic one.Orientalism is general idea.
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