Orientalism

By:

Said, Edward W

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Penguin Books Gurugram 2023Description: xxiii, 396 pISBN:

9780143027980

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DDC classification:

950.072 SAI

Summary: 'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer 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, 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. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57454/orientalism-by-edward-w-said/9780141187426)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Non-fiction	950.072 SAI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		008699

'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer

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, 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.

(https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57454/orientalism-by-edward-w-said/9780141187426)

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