1. Orientalism
He finds the U.S. complicit when Hussein gassed his own people in Halabja in 1990. The U.S. is playing two sides of the same coin during the Iraq war with Iran in the 1980s, trying to get a leg up and come out on top after the two oriental nations gave each other a drubbing. Britain joins the U.S. in supporting Hussein up until Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the reversal of western opinion.
"Overwhelmingly Saddam Hussein;s crimes were committed during that period, and the U.S. supported him all the way through, with a good deal of enthusiasm. That tells us that just by elementary logic the crimes can't be the reason why we have to destroy the monster." p.67 .
The U.S. is toying with Iraq to have complete and free control over Iraq's number one resource: oil. By offering up the red herring of Hussein's rampant crime history as if to suggest that the west even cares, is all part of the orientalist's bag of tricks. This fits appropriately with Balfour's assertion that ultimately the west is involved with the east to benefit itself. What's most interesting to note his how the US changes its tune a year latter by imposing sanctions on Iraq which effectively lend a hand to imperiling more people. We do this and all our underhanded dealings in Iraq for the purposes of our own (the West's) self-interest, namely to profit from the resources found there.
"they have got under it far better government which not only is a benefit to them, but is undoubtedly a benefit to the whole of the civilized west.".
In the modern Occidental vs. Oriental situation not much has changed from the west vs. east "us vs. them" ideas originally put forth by Balfour nearly a century ago. The same factors of division are involved as Said askes:.
"Can we divide humans into categories based on culture, race, tradition, society, etc. and survive the consequences humanely?".
These ideas still hold sway over the West's political motivations in the Oriental world.
The dialectical relationship between Occident and Orient as discussed by Edward Said is a manifestation of "us versus them." ... (Said, 98). ... Orientalism is an account of the West's collective view of Eastern culture through what Said argues is a distorted lens called the Orient. ... While Said's observations and conclusions appear valid, he leaves out a crucial aspect of Islamic (Oriental) history that mollifies the notion of western imperialism. ... It is time that we view Edward Said's Orientalism as the Oriental response to the Occident, and not as objective truth. ...
And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission of civilization"" (Edward W. Said, Orientalism). ... However, in 1978, Edward Said drastically revolutionized the meaning of The Orient with the publishing of his book, Orientalism. Today, Orientalism is used more to describe the West's patronizing views and the repercussions of such views, towards The Orient. ... We have ...
Edward W. Said, a professor at Columbia University, studies the flaw in the perspective of the "Orient" by the "Occident" in his essay, Orientalism. ... By obtaining an Oriental background myself, I understood and sympathized with Said's opinions. ... Throughout his analysis, Said fails to specifically refer to the Oriental countries other than those of the Near Orient. ... Nonetheless, Edward W. ...
Second, I will have a brief synopsis of dehumanization and demonization in orientalism, and the idea of suspect communities. ... Orientalism and Suspect Communities Orientalism is, "The systematic attempt to create the categories of the the 'West' and the 'Orient' whereby, the West is equated with self, rational, civilized, humane, superior; and the East/orient with other, irrational, undeveloped, savage, inferior" as defined by Edward Said (Trainor, 2015). ... Orientalism was very common post 9/11. ... Mathur (2006) cited many detainees that were wrongfully conv...
As suggested by Edward Said in his writing, Orientalism, people viewed Europe as peaceful, sensual, and rational; as opposed to the East, which was thought to be dangerous, violent, and irrational. ... She is always wearing exotic clothes, and an excess of "oriental- jewelry: dangling earrings, multiple bracelets, and necklaces. ...
Disney, as a Western enterprise attempts to interpret cultures and lifestyles of the East in what Edward Said calls Orientalism. ... Said describes Orientalism as "a way of coming to terms with the Orient that is based on the Orient's special place in European Western Experience."" ... The relationship between what Edward Said calls the Occident (West) and the Orient shows us how Western culture has manipulated our thinking and it is also an indication of European power since it is the place of Europe's riches....Said describes it as "a European invention, a place of romance, exoti...
She said: " when in the Netherlands do as Dutch". ... And for the question of the failure of the Dutch policy of integration, she said that it is the minority groups who are not outgoing and they prefer to keep themselves within their own groups. ... One said we will fix it up at 8 .00. ... Another saying which goes hand in hand with I have said is the saying '' the paradise lies under the feet of the mothers'. ...
Edward Said, a professor from Columbia University, felt that European perceptions of Middle East had not changed for many years; they were portrayed as erotic, mysterious, and full of marvels, he called this Orientalism. ...