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Essay Archive - What Is Orientalism?
What Is Orientalism?
Said made a clear analogy between orientalism and colonialism. They are both set
with the same binary opposition.
white/ non white
occidental/ non occidental
In a very detailed and structured study of the orient (behavior, habit,
tradition ...) we document a large amount of fact and data. All compile in a
general study they produce the illusion of a well understood and objectively
constructed knowledge.
These are, in fact, mere observations and purely subjective entities (seen only
with the western eyes) wh....
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