Defending the West A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism

Name: Defending the West A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism
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ISBN: 9781591024842

ISBN-10: 1591024846

ISBN-13: 9781591024842

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ibn Warraq

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This is the first systematic critique of Edward Said's influential work, "Orientalism", a book that for almost three decades has received wide acclaim, voluminous commentary, and translation into more than fifteen languages. Said's main thesis was that the Western image of the East was heavily biased by colonialist attitudes, racism, and more than two centuries of political exploitation. Although Said's critique was controversial, the impact of his ideas has been a pervasive rethinking of Western perceptions of Eastern cultures, plus a tendency to view all scholarship in Oriental Studies as tainted by considerations of power and prejudice. In this thorough reconsideration of Said's famous…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 8/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 556
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 1.980