ORIENTALI§M

378 Pages·1979·9.743 MB·English

by  Edward W. Said

ORIENTALI§M
-- Edward W. Said
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FOR lANET AND IBRAIDM
Contents
Acknoewdlgments
xi
Introduct1i on
Chapte1r The Scopeo fO rientalism
I.K nowingO rtihenet a3l1
III.m aginGaetoigvrea apnhdy RIetpsr esetnitoans:
OrientalktihnOegr iental4 9
Ul. Projec7t3s
IV. Crisi9s2
Chapte2r OrientaSltirsutc tuarnedsR estructures
I.R edraFwrno ntRieedresfi,nI esds uSeesc,u larized
Religion11 3
n. SilvedseSt arcaeyn Edrn esRte DaRna:t ional
AnthropoalnodPg hyi loloLgaibcoarla to1r2y3
Ill. ORreiseindtaeannlSdc ceh olaTrhseh ip:
RequiremoefLn etxsi cograanpdIh mya gina""t i1o4n9
IVP.i lgarnidPm isl griBmraigteaisns,Fdh r ench
166
Chapte3r OrientaINioswm
I.L ateanntdM anifOersite ntal2i0s1m
IT. StylEex,p ertViissei,Oo rni:te anlisWmo'rsl delsisn 226
IIIM.o dernA nglo-FOrreinecnht ianFl uilslmFe lsotw er
255
IVT.h eL atePshta se
284
Notes 329
Index
351
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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On a vistiotB eirduutr itnhge t erricbilvewi alr o f1 975�1976
a Frencjho urnalwirsottr ee gretfouflt lhyeg uttdeodw ntowanc ea
tha"ti hta do ncsee emedt obe lontg o. ..t heO rieonftC hateau­
brianadn dN ervalH.e" wla sr ighatb outth ep lacoef,c ourse,
especiaslolf ya ra sa Europeawna sc oncerneTdh.e O rienwta s
almosat E uropeainn ventainodnh ,a db eens incaen tiquai ptlya ce
ofr omanceex,o tbieci ngs, hamuenmtoirniagen sdl andscarpee­s,
markabelxep erieNnocwei st.w asd isappeairnia n sge;n sieth ad
happenedi,tt si mew aso verP.e rhaiptss eemedi rreletvhaantt
Orienttahlesm selvesso mheatdh iatns gt akient hep rocestsh,a t
eveinn t het imoef C hateaubrainadNn edr vaOlr ienthaaldls i ved
theraen,dt hanto wi tw ast hewyh ow erseu ffertihnemg a;i nt hing
fort heE uropevains iwtaosra Europeraenp resentoaftt hieo n
Orieanntd i tcso ntempofraatrbeyo, t ohf w hichha da privileged
communsailg nificfaontrch eje o urnalainsdht i Fsr encrhe aders.
Americawnisln lo tf eelq uitteh es amea boutth eO rienwth,i ch
fotrh emi sm uchm orel iketloby e a ssocivaetredydi fferewnittlhy
theF arE as(t Chinaan dJ a2anm.a inlyU)n.l ikteh eA mericans,
thFer encahn dt hBer itish-slotes hsGe e rmanRsu.s siaSnpsa,n ish,
PortuguIetsael,i aanndSs w,i ss-hahvaeda lontgr adiotfiw ohna t
Is hablelc alliOnrgi entaa/ wiasymo f.c omintgot ermwsi tthh e
Orientth aits baosnet dh eO rienstp'esc ipalla cien E uropean
Westeernx perieTnhceOe r.i einstn oto nlayd jacteonE tu ropiet;
isa lstoh pel acoefE urope'gsr eataensdrt i chaensdto ldescto lonies,
thes ourocfei tcsi vilizaantdil oannsg uaigtecssu ,l tucroanlt estant,
ando neo fi tdsee pest andm ostr ecurriimnagg eosft heO ther.
In addititohneO, r iehnats h elpteodd efinEeu rope( ort heW est)
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