Edward Said and His Concepts: Orientalism and Imaginative Geographies Introduction In an attempt to provide basic knowledge and clarity‚ this paper discusses two of Edward Said’s sociological concepts – Orientalism and imaginative geographies – defines the two concepts‚ and also provides examples for each. The research will be done by digging into the works of academics and average people alike‚ and piecing their works together to explain Edward Said’s two concepts. This paper also discusses
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Orientalism is a book written by Edward Said‚ the ‘father’ of post-colonialism. He is also called as ‘A man of controversy’‚ where his writings influenced many theories‚ activists‚ and also changed most of post-colonial studies of the Middle East in the United State and Europe drastically‚ especially in literary studies‚ history‚ sociology‚ anthropology‚ and comparative religion studies. His writings have been translated into 26 languages‚ receives lots of review including critics and enthusiasts
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ANALYSIS PAPER Orientalism In his introduction to the term “Orientalism‚” Edward Said begins by paraphrasing the writing of a French journalist’s view of the present-day Orient in order to express the major common Western misconception about the East. This misconception exists in the Western mind‚ according to Said‚ as if it were irrelevant that the Orient itself was actually sociologically affected. He then goes on to describe the basis of Orientalism‚ as it is rooted
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Colonial Discourse Aside: Why Orientalism Was a Purely Intellectual Enterprise (word count: 1994) Orientalism as an academic discipline is oftentimes given a place of primacy in colonial discourse. Colonial politicians invoked it as a justification for colonial conquests. Administrative officers looked to it to accommodate their governance to the natives’ traditions and laws. Orientalism had been unavoidably political. And yet‚ this characterization had little explanatory power: it punctuates
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Romantic Orientalism during the Romantic period of writing is visible in "The Indian Serenade" by Percy Shelley‚ "The Little Black Boy" by William Blake‚ and "Lamia" by John Keats. The exaggerations‚ cultural expressions‚ references to African or Indian background‚ and fictional story lines and characters play as proof that Romantic Orientalism is pieced into these author ’s writings‚ considering these are characteristics of which Romantic Orientalism displays. Each author‚ Shelley‚ Blake‚ and Keats
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Europe was not nearly as grotesque as Flaubert suggests about the orient‚ but Egypt definitely had a lot more to offer. As we read Flaubert’ writings to himself‚ family and friends‚ sex is always incorporated in one-way or another. As written in Orientalism‚ by Edward Said‚ Flaubert says‚ “Just as the various colonial possessions—quite apart from their economic benefit to metropolitan Europe—were useful as places to send wayward sons‚ superfluous populations of delinquents‚ poor people‚ and other undesirables
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Edward Said‚ Orientalism Edward Said‚ Orientalism (New York: Vintage Books‚ 1979) Introduction Said starts by asserting the fact that the Orient played an instrumental role in the construction of the European culture as the powerful Other: “the Orient has helped to define Europe (or the West) as its contrasting image‚ idea‚ personality‚ experience.” (1-2) He then states that the research subject of his book is Orientalism‚ by which he understands a combined representation of the Orient in
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and the destruction that Israelis have brought to their lives and families. Edward Said’s Orientalism provides a parallel to Sacco’s novel‚ as he conveys a plethora of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. Said examines the different aspects of orientalism and gives light to the fact that because orientalism has lasted in our world this long‚ it has no . Although Said’s Orientalism is similar to Sacco’s
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an Students‚ Teachers‚ and Edward Said: Taking Stock of Orientalism Since the publication of Orientalism in 1978‚ Edward Said’s critique has become the hegemonic discourse of Middle Eastern studies in the academy. While Middle Eastern studies can improve‚ and some part of Said’s criticism is valid‚ it is apparent that the Orientalism critique has done more harm than good. Although Said accuses the West and Western researchers of "essentializing" Islam‚ he himself commits a similar sin when he writes
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East Orientalism‚ simply put‚ is the perception the West has of the East. The concept was mapped out by Edward Said in his book Orientalism‚ where he explores the concept‚ its origin‚ and how it functions. Said states that Orientalism is "the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient - dealing with it by making statements about it‚ authorizing views of it‚ describing it‚ by teaching it‚ settling it‚ [and] ruling over it" (3). However‚ Said points out that even if Orientalism from the
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