Orientalism / A.L. Macfie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macfie, A. L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orientalism.

Middle East--Foreign public opinion.

Middle East.

Asia--Foreign public opinion.

Asia.

Middle East Region.

Physical Description:

vii, 242 pages : map ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Longman, 2002.

Summary:

At a crucial moment in the history of relations between East and West, Orient and Occident, Christianity and Islam. Orientalism provides a timely account of the subject and the debate.

In the 1960s and 1970s a powerful assault was launched on orientalism -- the study of the Arab world. At the centre of this attack was Edward Said, whose devastating critique accused Western orientalists of creating stereotypical images of the Orient, thereby facilitating imperialism and colonialism and inciting chauvinism and racism.

The debate ranged far beyond the traditional limits of 'dry as dust' orientalism. As current as ever, it involves questions concerning the nature of identity, the nature of imperialism, Islamophobia, myth, Arabism, racialism, intercultural relations and feminism.

Charting the history of the debate about the nature of orientalism, this stimulating account revisits the arguments and surveys the associated case studies.

Contents:

1 Introduction

Orientalism in Crisis 3

A geographical note 14

Questions of definition 19

Part 2 Analysis

2 The Rise of Orientalism 25

The rise of Arabic studies in England 25

The rise of Indic studies in England 29

The rise of oriental studies in France 31

The rise of oriental studies in Germany 36

Elsewhere in Europe 39

The origins of European prejudice against Islam 42

Orientalism and Colonialism 44

3 The Orientalist

Anglicist Controversy 50

4 Orientalism in the Arts 59

MacKenzie versus Nochlin 66

5 The Assault on Orientalism 73

'Orientalism in Crisis' 75

English-speaking Orientalists 79

Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient 85

Marx and the End of Orientalism 93

Analysis 96

6 Responses to the Assault on Orientalism 102

'Orientalism in Crisis' 103

'English-speaking Orientalists' 105

Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient 108

'The Question of Orientalism' 110

A Marxist (Indian) response 123

'Edward Said and his Arab Reviewers' 127

A black perspective 132

'Edward Said and the Historians' 134

Marx and the End of Orientalism 145

History, Theory and the Arts 150

Oriental Enlightenment 153

'Deep Orientalism' 156

Imperial Fictions 159

Kipling and Orientalism 167

Imagining India 171

Scottish orientalism 175

Orientalism and Religion 179

Orientalism and Algeria 183

8 Exit from Orientalism

Orientalism Reconsidered 186

Exit from Orientalism 197

Part 3 Assessment

9 Questions of Fact, Definition and Significance 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.

ISBN:

0582423864

OCLC:

48570402