Orientalism : a reader / edited by A. L. Macfie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macfie, A. L., Author.

Contributor:

Macfie, A. L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orientalism.

Middle East--Study and teaching.

Middle East.

Asia--Study and teaching.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2000]

Summary:

In the period of decolonisation that followed the end of the Second World War a number of scholars, mainly Middle Eastern, launched a sustained assault on Orientalism - the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in Western thought -accusing its practitioners of misrepresentation, prejudice and bias. As a result an intense debate occurred regarding the validity of the charges made, involving not only Orientalists but students of history, anthropology, sociology, women's studies and the media.Orientalism: A Reader provides the student with a selection of key readings from this debate, covering a range of areas including myth, imperialism, the cultural perspective, Marxist interpretation and feminist attitudes.The origins and character of the debate on Orientalism are introduced, as well as the intellectual foundations of the assault made and the nature of the debate which ensued. Coverage begins with nineteenth-century material from thinkers such as Hegel and Marx, and moves through extracts from Nietzsche, Gramsci and Foucault to contemporary work from, for example, Bryan Turner, John MacKenzie and Edward Said. As well as a general introduction, each section is introduced and the extracts are placed in context to guide the student carefully through this complex debate.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

PART I FOUNDATIONS OF A MYTH

1 THE INDIAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT

2 GORGEOUS EDIFICES

3 THE BRITISH RULE IN INDIA

PART II THE RISE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES

4 LES COMMENCEMENTS DE L’ORIENTAUSME

5 THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF CALCUTTA

PART III FOUNDATIONS OF A CRITIQUE

6 APPEARANCE AND THE THING-IN-ITSELF

7 ON HEGEMONY AND DIRECT RULE

8 TRUTH AND POWER

PART IV ORIENTALISM IN CRISIS

9 ORIENTALISM IN CRISIS

10 ENGLISH-SPEAKING ORIENTALISTS

PART V AN APOLOGY FOR ORIENTALISM

11 APOLOGY FOR ORIENTALISM

PART VI AN ELABORATE A C COUNT

12 SHATTERED MYTHS

13 ARABS, ISLAM AND THE DOGMAS OF THE WEST

14 MY THESIS

15 ON FLAUBERT

16 LATENT AND MANIFEST ORIENTALISM

PART VII A MARXIST INTERPRETATION

17 MARX AND THE END OF ORIENTALISM

PART VIII AN AMERICAN RESPONSE

18 THREE ARAB CRITIQUES OF ORIENTALISM

PART IX FURTHER CRITIQUES

19 A SECOND CRITIQUE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING ORIENTALISTS

20 ON THE ORIENTALISTS AGAIN

PART X EDWARD SAID’S ORIENTALISM: REVIEWS AND REVIEW ARTICLES

21 ORIENTALISM AT THE SERVICE OF IMPERIALISM

22 HERMENEUTICS VERSUS HISTORY

23 ENOUGH SAID

24 ORIENTALISM AND ORIENTALISM IN REVERSE

25 ORIENTALISM: A BLACK PERSPECTIVE

26 THE QUESTION OF ORIENTALISM

PART XI QUALIFICATIONS AND ELABORATION

27 ‘GORGEOUS EAST’ VERSUS ‘LAND OF REGRETS’

28 ORIENTALIST CONSTRUCTIONS OF INDIA

29 BETWEEN ORIENTALISM AND HISTORICISM

30 HUMANISING THE ARABS

31 INDOLOGY, POWER, AND THE CASE OF GERMANY

32 TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS

33 HISTORY, THEORY AND THE ARTS

PART XII ORIENTALISM AND FEMINISM

34 ORIENTALISM, HINDUISM AND FEMINISM

PART XIII ORIENTALISM RECONSIDERED

35 ORIENTALISM RECONSIDERED

PART XIV BEYOND ORIENTALISM

36 EXIT FROM ORIENTALISM

37 FROM ORIENTALISM TO GLOBAL SOCIOLOGY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7047-5