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Orientalism Paperback – October 12, 1979

by Edward W. Said (Author)

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A 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. • With a new foreword by Ussama Makdisi

"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.
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  1. Print length
    368 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Vintage
  4. Publication date
    October 12, 1979
  5. Dimensions
    5.13 x 0.88 x 7.99 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    039474067X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0394740676
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  1. Orientalism is a style of thought based upon an ontological and epistemological distinction made between “the Orient” and (most of the time) “the Occident.”
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NYT Review: Powerful book exploring intellectual tradition's creation and transmission

The Observer critiques Western perspectives on Arab world

Jerusalem Post reviews Edward Said's critique of Orientalism

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"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

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The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.

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Edward W. Said

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Edward W. Said was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Literature and of Kings College Cambridge, his celebrated works include Orientalism, The End of the Peace Process, Power, Politics and Culture, and the memoir Out of Place. He is also the editor, with Christopher Hitchens, of Blaming the Victims, published by Verso. He died in September 2003.