Orientalism wer. angielska

Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious’ Observer

In this &nbsp highly acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of &nbsp Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a &nbsp powerful European ideological creation – a way for writers, philosophers &nbsp and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness’ of eastern &nbsp culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings &nbsp of Homer, Nerval, Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative &nbsp depictions have greatly contributed to the West’s romantic and exotic &nbsp picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab &nbsp Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a &nbsp reflection of European imperialism and racism.

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