Orientalism

present in textual interpretation, especially in European history. Edward W. Said, author of the acclaimed novel Orientalism, addresses this concept of Orientalism as the source of the inaccurate cultural representations of the Eastern Civilization, specifically about the region of the Middle East by Western Civilization thoughts and perceptions. The principal characteristic of Orientalism is a recurrent Eurocentric prejudice against the Arab–Islamic culture , which prejudice derives from…

However Bozdogan also expresses the postcolonial criticism of modernity being wrongfully overpowering over its historical and cultural importance. Similarly to Bozdogan, John M. Mackenzie looks at colonialism on a global scale looking more broadly at orientalism and the cultural influences that inform modernist design and architecture. In “This Grand Object: Building Towns in Indigenous spaces, Edmond outlines the history of colonialism in Australia and the…

Accordingly, Edward Said has used Foucault's concept of discourse to analyze Orientalism; in "The Orientalism" he stated that: "I have found it useful here to employ is a Foucault’s notion of a discourse, as described by him in The Archaeology of Knowledge and in Discipline and Punish, to identify Orientalism."(Said, 3) As such, this paper will mainly discuss how Said used Foucault concept of discourse to analyze orientalism. It is true that Said and Foucault share multiple principals such as…

intentioned the white western male’s actions are, it nonetheless, creates a construct of “otherizing non-Western women,” spreading misogynistic ideas and further marginalizing Muslim women (2). In addition, this type of action represents a “Gendered Orientalism…a binary in which otherized cultures are supposedly…the pit of savagery” (2). Ms. Hall believes that “Muslim women do not need white men to…

In his book Orientalism(1978), Edward Said(1935-2003) considers Thomas Carlyle's" On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History"(1814) a nonprofessional analogue to Caussin's Mohammed, a Mohammed forced to serve a thesis totally overlooking the historical and cultural circumstances of the Prophet's own time and place. His essay is clearly the product of someone arguing for some general ideas on sincerity, heroism, and Prophethood. "His attitude is salutary: Mohammed is no legend, no…

introduction to Orientalism, Edward W. Said establishes the idea that imperialism has had a negative effect on people and societies of Eastern countries. While Eastern countries have obtained their own cultures and civilizations for centuries, Europeans took claimed what was not theirs. Even though Said has partly been inspired to write his book due to his own experiences, he wishes for readers and scholars to educate themselves on this important topic. Said’s introduction to Orientalism might…

The demonization of Islam in the news and in popular culture is reinforzada by events such as the September 11, attacks by Al Qaeda and ISIS and representation of Arabs in movies such as Taken and American Sniper. It is true that terrorism exists as a result of political and violent situation in the Middle East, but terrorism is not synonymous with religion, culture or geography. The downside of the media do believe that the Islamic world is a threat, when in fact extremely small groups using…

2. In “Remaing Yamato, Remaking Japan: Space Battleship Yamato and SF Anime” by Baryon Tensor Posadas, I am going to focus on the fetishization of anime and Techno-Orientalism characterized in the article. The transition from non-national to national qualities of anime in the age of globalization generated significant tension. Initially, when Japanese anime was imported into foreign markets from 1970s to 1980s, the ethnic quality was perceived as “too Japanese” to the subject – the Western or…

Othering (i.e. systematic alienation and/or exclusion) of subordinate groups by dominating imperial forces, and the Romantic aesthetic of beauty necessarily reflects the larger ideological framework of Orientalism and the exotic Other. As first outlined in Edward Said’s seminal 1978 work Orientalism, European conceptions of ‘the East’ have been largely constructed. For example, “Islam and Muslims came to [symbolize an Other] that could be used to mobilize support for territorial conquest, and…

were portrayed by Carlyle. In "The Edification of Sir Walter Scott’s Saladin in The Talisman." (2011) Zaman, Md Saifuz‏ argues The Talisman, though one of Sir Walter Scott’s lesser known works, garnered attention by its criticism in Edward Said’s Orientalism. This essay looks at how premature that criticism is by examining Scott’s sympathetic portrayal of Saladin in the novel. Indeed, one might attribute a case of “hero worship” to Scott, seeing how unashamedly effusive his admiration of the…