Orientalism wer. angielska

Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer

In this  highly acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of  Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a  powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers  and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern  culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings  of Homer, Nerval, Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative  depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic  picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab  Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a  reflection of European imperialism and racism.