false 355190 16 The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University,examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs. Interesting discission about this book 30 years on here http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/13/middleeast.israelandthepalestinians 2310058 1978 Orientalism total:1635|5:619|4:634|3:286|2:67|1:29| 1635 6652 2711 158 4 13 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 21:33:23 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 21:55:06 -0700 2007
Me, in a San Franscisco bar reading Orientalism.

The blonde girl next to me reading over my shoulder: "So what's Orientalism?"

I explain as best I can in a couple sentences.

Her: "There are so many isms in Asi...more...]]> 5 4 false false Fri Jul 11 15:27:37 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 15:29:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Sun Jan 13 13:38:19 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 19:32:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 15 18:07:25 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 07 12:24:28 -0700 2007 Orientalism today is that much of what he says (that was so revolutionary at the time) is so accepted now (at least among most academics). He's a brilliant writer, although he did irritate me at times (he constantly vilified anyone trying to represent anything, clai...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 22 20:12:13 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:18:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 04 12:46:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 13:15:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 08 22:52:37 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 10:04:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 19:37:33 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 19:42:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 14 15:56:06 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 15:59:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 12:35:40 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 07:38:50 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 11 12:29:01 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 07:43:56 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Thu Jun 28 12:16:22 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 12:18:57 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sat May 30 10:12:07 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 10:12:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 14:47:48 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 05:09:08 -0700 2009 Further Thoughts

The book is divided into three chapters. The first chapter lays the base or the foundation for the misconception of Orientalism, which I got. Chapter or Part Two discusses individual practioners or founders of Orientalism which I found more difficult to ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 28 20:15:32 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 21:36:05 -0700 2008
"Orientalism" was written by a Palestinian intellectual in 1978 who was a professor at Columbia, Edward Said.
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An even briefer version would go something like this: the official academic 'discipline' formerly known as Orientalism (now the various Area Studies - i.e. Near Eastern Studies) is determined by and helps to propagate a ...more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 17 06:45:58 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 07:55:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 15 01:07:59 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 09 12:09:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 15:42:49 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 04:21:26 -0700 2007
I just spent a few days reading a book about how the West textually created and defined the Orient during the last two centuries. Most of the book focused on texts from England and France. American writings came into vi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jun 12 07:54:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 08:24:58 -0700 2007
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