Even the name Orientalism suggests a serious, perhaps ponderous style of expertise; when
I apply it to modern American social scientists (since they do not call themselves Orientalists, my
use of the word is anomalous), it is to draw attention to the way Middle East can still
draw on the vestiges of Orientalism’s intellectual position in nineteenth-century Europe.
I apply it to modern American social scientists (since they do not call themselves Orientalists, my
use of the word is anomalous), it is to draw attention to the way Middle East can still
draw on the vestiges of Orientalism’s intellectual position in nineteenth-century Europe.
Said - Orientalism - Chapter 01
