Orientalism : : A Reader / / A. L. Macfie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Macfie, A. L.,
• MitwirkendeR: Abdel-Malek, Anouar,; Ahmad, Aijaz,; Dallmayr, Fred,; Foucault, Michel,; Gabrieli, Francesco,; Gramsci, Antonio,; Hegel, G. W . F.,; Inden, Ronald,; King, Richard,; Kopf, David,; Lewis, Bernard,; Little, Donald P.,; Lowe, Lisa,; MacKenzie, John,; Martino, Pierre,; Marx, Karl,; Melman, Billie,; Mill, James,; Moore-Gilbert, B. J.,; Nietzsche, Friedrich,; Pollock, Sheldon,; Richardson, Michael,; Said, Edward,; Schaar, Stuart,; Schwab, Raymond,; Tibawi, A. L.,; Turner, Bryan S.,; Wilson, Ernest J.,; al-‘Azm, Sadik Jalal,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

In the period of decolonisation that followed the end of the Second World War a number of scholars, mainly Middle Eastern, launched a sustained assault on Orientalism - the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in Western thought -accusing its practitioners of misrepresentation, prejudice and bias. As a result an intense debate occurred regarding the validity of the charges made, involving not only Orientalists but students of history, anthropology, sociology, women's studies and the media.Orientalism: A Reader provides the student with a selection of key readings from this debate, covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, Marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes.The origins and character of the debate on Orientalism are introduced, as well as the intellectual foundations of the assault made and the nature of the debate which ensued. Coverage begins with nineteenth-century material from thinkers such as Hegel and Marx, and moves through extracts from Nietzsche, Gramsci and Foucault to contemporary work from, for example, Bryan Turner, John MacKenzie and Edward Said. As well as a general introduction, each section is introduced and the extracts are placed in context to guide the student carefully through this complex debate.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I FOUNDATIONS OF A MYTH -- 1 THE INDIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT -- 2 GORGEOUS EDIFICES -- 3 THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA -- PART II THE RISE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES -- 4 LES COMMENCEMENTS DE L’ORIENTAUSME -- 5 THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF CALCUTTA -- PART III FOUNDATIONS OF A CRITIQUE -- 6 APPEARANCE AND THE THING-IN-ITSELF -- 7 ON HEGEMONY AND DIRECT RULE -- 8 TRUTH AND POWER -- PART IV ORIENTALISM IN CRISIS -- 9 ORIENTALISM IN CRISIS -- 10 ENGLISH-SPEAKING ORIENTALISTS -- PART V AN APOLOGY FOR ORIENTALISM -- 11 APOLOGY FOR ORIENTALISM -- PART VI AN ELABORATE A C COUNT -- 12 SHATTERED MYTHS -- 13 ARABS, ISLAM AND THE DOGMAS OF THE WEST -- 14 MY THESIS -- 15 ON FLAUBERT -- 16 LATENT AND MANIFEST ORIENTALISM -- PART VII A MARXIST INTERPRETATION -- 17 MARX AND THE END OF ORIENTALISM -- PART VIII AN AMERICAN RESPONSE -- 18 THREE ARAB CRITIQUES OF ORIENTALISM -- PART IX FURTHER CRITIQUES -- 19 A SECOND CRITIQUE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING ORIENTALISTS -- 20 ON THE ORIENTALISTS AGAIN -- PART X EDWARD SAID’S ORIENTALISM: REVIEWS AND REVIEW ARTICLES -- 21 ORIENTALISM AT THE SERVICE OF IMPERIALISM -- 22 HERMENEUTICS VERSUS HISTORY -- 23 ENOUGH SAID -- 24 ORIENTALISM AND ORIENTALISM IN REVERSE -- 25 ORIENTALISM: A BLACK PERSPECTIVE -- 26 THE QUESTION OF ORIENTALISM -- PART XI QUALIFICATIONS AND ELABORATION -- 27 ‘GORGEOUS EAST’ VERSUS ‘LAND OF REGRETS’ -- 28 ORIENTALIST CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDIA -- 29 BETWEEN ORIENTALISM AND HISTORICISM -- 30 HUMANISING THE ARABS -- 31 INDOLOGY, POWER, AND THE CASE OF GERMANY -- 32 TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS -- 33 HISTORY, THEORY AND THE ARTS -- PART XII ORIENTALISM AND FEMINISM -- 34 ORIENTALISM, HINDUISM AND FEMINISM -- PART XIII ORIENTALISM RECONSIDERED -- 35 ORIENTALISM RECONSIDERED -- PART XIV BEYOND ORIENTALISM -- 36 EXIT FROM ORIENTALISM -- 37 FROM ORIENTALISM TO GLOBAL SOCIOLOGY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS