1. Orientalism
Said, using to his advantage the era of political-correctness, calls on scholars and authors from The Orient to demand equal influence for self-representation instead of continuing the cycle of an unbalanced dominance of Western-lead second-representation. .
At the core of many of Said's key arguments is the critical link, historically and presently, between knowledge and power. While this has been exemplified repeatedly throughout history, the argument was perfectly epitomized when Prime Minister Arthur Balfour gave a speech in defense of Great Britain's occupation of Egypt in 1910 saying that, ˜We know Egypt better than we know any other country'. Not only knowing the origins of a civilization, but being involved in the creation of the historical text of a society can most certainly secure one's dominance over the area. Moreover, Orientalism is not just a post-rationalization of colonial rule, but in fact acted as justification for colonial rule because one side had the power to construct what was reality for the East and the West. .
A good literary example of this Western-constructed reality of an Oriental country pre-colonization would be that of Au Maroc, written by French naval officer Pierre Loti who was traveling through the country before the French Protectorate was established in 1912. Loti, while articulate in his descriptive details, could be described as conflicted, as he presented many contradictory claims throughout his novel. There is no doubt that Loti presented Morocco as an extremely exotic, mysterious, wild country, and Loti even almost apologized in the story for his overuse of the adjective, ˜old', but said that it was justified since everything in Fez was just that. He would comment on the dirtiness of his surroundings, compare royal cavalry-men to monkeys, and at one point in the story even refused to enter the Jewish quarter of Fez as he detailed the ugliness of not only the streets of this quarter, but of the people residing there.
In his 1979 essay entitled "The Scope of Orientalism", Professor Edward Said presents the idea by analyzing the relationships between East and West during the nineteenth and twentieth century. ... as Said asks. ... Chomsky creates a portal through which the essence of Said's concept of orientalism can be discerned. ... Said and Chomsky both discuss power. ... Said's tone is more even-keeled. ...
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. ...
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. ...