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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Macfie, Alexander Lyon

Titel

ORIENTALISM: A READER

Ist Teil von

• Washington Square, NY: New York U Press, 2000. x+382 pp, 2000, p.x+382-x+382

Erscheinungsjahr

2000

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Multiple disciplinary perspectives are used to investigate the emergence & academic response to Orientalism. Topics addressed include circumstances that prompted the emergence of Orientalist thought in Western nations, the rise of Oriental studies, the beginnings of a critique of Orientalist thought in European philosophy, & the subsequent assault on the use of such thought to justify imperialist policies & attempt to understand Arab nationalism & economic systems. Edward Said's (1978) contention that Orientalist perspectives are responsible for the diametrical opposition between East & West & the creation of certain cultural myths that have facilitated the perseverance of Western imperialism is considered. Marxist & American responses to Said's position are offered; responses to these criticisms are also provided. Multiple perspectives are subsequently presented to evaluate the validity of disparate aspects of Edward Said's investigation of Orientalist thought. Contemporary scholars' use of Said's conclusions to examine subjects in sundry disciplines is also noted. Additional attention is dedicated to reconsidering Orientalism & whether present-day scholarship can go beyond Orientalist thought. Contributors include Anouar Abdel-Malek, Aijaz Ahmad, Sadik Jalal al-'Azm, Fred Dallmayr, Michel Foucault, Francesco Gabrieli, Antonio Gramsci, G. W. F. Hegel, Ronald Inden, Richard King, David Kopf, Bernard Lewis, Donald P. Little, Lisa Lowe, John MacKenzie, Pierre Martino, Karl Marx, Billie Melman, James Mill, B. J. Moore-Gilbert, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sheldon Pollock, Michael Richardson, Edward Said, Stuart Schaar, Raymond Schwab, A. L. Tibawi, Bryan S. Turner, & Ernest J. Wilson, III. Bibliog. J. Parker