Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

396 pages first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In this highly acclaimed seminal work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation-a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrator...

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