{"product_id":"orientalism-by-edward-w-said","title":"Orientalism by Edward W Said","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is--decades after its first publication--one of the most important books written about our divided world. - With a new foreword by Ussama Makdisi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of \"orientalism\" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined \"the orient\" simply as \"other than\" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Flap\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Scope of Orientalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Knowing the Oriental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Projects\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Crisis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrientalist Structures and Restructures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Redrawn Frontiers, Redefined Issues, Secularized Religion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Silvestre de Sacy and Ernest Renan: Rational Anthropology and Philological Laboratory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Oriental Residence and Scholarship: The Requirements of Lexicography and Imagination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Pilgrims and Pilgrimages, British and French\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrientalism Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Latent and Manifest Orientalism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Style, Expertise, Vision: Orientalism's Worldliness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Modern Anglo-French Orientalism in Fullest Flower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. The Latest Phase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Powerful and disturbing.... The theme is the way in which intellectual traditions are created and transmitted.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Stimulating, elegant yet pugnacious.... Said observes the West observing the Arabs, and he does not like what he finds.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An important book.... Never has there been as sustained and as persuasive a case against Orientalism as Said's.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEDWARD W. SAID\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including \u003c\/span\u003eOrientalism\u003cspan\u003e (1978); \u003c\/span\u003eThe Question of Palestine\u003cspan\u003e (1979); \u003c\/span\u003eCovering Islam\u003cspan\u003e (1980); \u003c\/span\u003eThe World, the Text, and the Critic\u003cspan\u003e (1983); \u003c\/span\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003cspan\u003e (1993); \u003c\/span\u003ePeace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process\u003cspan\u003e (1996); and \u003c\/span\u003eOut of Place: A Memoir\u003cspan\u003e (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for \u003c\/span\u003eAl-Hayat\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eAl-Ahram\u003cspan\u003e; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for \u003c\/span\u003eThe Nation\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eOctober 12, 1979\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780394740676\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.94\" H x 8.08\" L x 5.28\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e432 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223955857594,"sku":"9780394740676","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/91btcHkolmL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779682917","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/orientalism-by-edward-w-said","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}