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Comments on Orientalism. Two Reviews: Representation and Aggression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Amal Rassam
Amal Rassam
Affiliation:
Queen's College
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Extract

Orientalism is a study of the genesis, evolution, and reproduction of aspecific Western tradition of knowledge concerned with the Mashreq, orthe eastern part of the Arabo-Islamic world. This tradition, however, isnot one of pure and objective knowledge; rather it is the elaboration of aset of fantasies and beliefs that is subsequently used as the basis forWestern colonial enterprise.

Type
The Meetings of East and West
Information
Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 1980 , pp. 505 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1980

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References

Said, Edward W., Orientalism, New York: Pantheon Books, Inc. 1978.Google Scholar