Orientalism av Edward W. Said, Penguin Modern Classics, nyutgåva 2003

SPRÅK: ENGELSKA

Nyutgåva från 2003 av boken "Orientalism" av Edward W. Said (1978), ett hyllat verk som undersöker historien och naturen av västerländska attityder gentemot Östern. Den spårar hur författare, filosofer och koloniala administratörer har hanterat "annatheten" av östlig kultur och seder.

Ett klassiskt referensverk för, exempelvis, studier i litteraturvetenskap.

In this highly-acclaimed 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 administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism.

ISBN-13: 9780141187426.