《Orientalism》是Penguin Classics出版的圖書，作者是Edward W. Said
基本介紹
- 書名：Orientalism
- 作者：Edward W. Said
- 出版社：Penguin Classics
- 出版時間：2007年6月
- 頁數：432 頁
- 定價：10.99 元
- 裝幀：Paperback
- ISBN：9780141187426
內容簡介
Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism (1978), Said described the "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."[12] He argued that a long tradition of false and romanticized images of As...(展開全部) Said is best known for describing and critiquing "Orientalism", which he perceived as a constellation of false assumptions underlying Western attitudes toward the East. In Orientalism (1978), Said described the "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture."[12] He argued that a long tradition of false and romanticized images of Asia and the Middle East in Western culture had served as an implicit justification for Europe and America's colonial and imperial ambitions. Just as fiercely, he denounced the practice of Arab elites who internalized the American and British orientalists' ideas of Arabic culture. In 1980 Said criticized what he regarded as poor understanding of the Arab culture in the West: “
