This polemical masterpiece challenging western attitudes to the east is as topical today as it was on publication – and comes in at number 8 in our 100 best novels series
This polemical masterpiece challenging western attitudes to the east is as topical today as it was on publication – and comes in at number 8 in our 100 best novels series
“Texts are not finished objects.”
― Edward W. Said, Culture and Imperialism
Vintage Books & Anchor Books
“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. 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 civilizatrice.”
― Edward W. Said, Orientalism
― Edward W. Said, Orientalism
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said’s groundbreaking critique of the West’s historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of “orientalism” to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined “the orient” simply as “other than” the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world. READ more here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/orientalism-by-edward…/
書名：東方主義，語言：繁體中文，ISBN：9578453728，出版社：立緒，作者：愛德華‧薩依德(Edward W. Said)，譯者：王志弘，王淑燕，莊雅仲等，出版日期：1999/
書名：東方主義，語言：繁體中文，ISBN：9578453728，出版社：立緒，作者：愛德華‧薩依德(Edward W. Said)，譯者：王志弘，王淑燕，莊雅仲等，出版日期：1999/
The mission civilisatrice (the French for "civilizing mission"
The noted critic examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
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