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Orientalism

By: Edward Said
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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This landmark book, first published in 1978, remains one of the most influential books in the Social Sciences, particularly Ethnic Studies and Postcolonialism. 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 Said claimed a "subtle and persistent Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic peoples and their culture." 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 the US' colonial and imperial ambitions. Just as fiercely, he denounced the practice of Arab elites who internalized the US and British orientalists' ideas of Arabic culture. Peter Ganim's narration gives the work an elegant and knowledgable voice.

©1978 Edward Said (P)2010 Audible, Inc. Asia Colonialism & Post-Colonialism Middle East Politics & Government World Middle Ages Iran Capitalism Africa Imperialism Ancient History Socialism Colonial Period Social justice Tradition Crusade
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Said’s book is a solid critique of a long history of imperialist propaganda masquerading as scholarship. It is date, of course, but all the more relevant in the light of the 21st century’s ‘war on terror’.

Informative if repetitive

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This is a brilliant critical analysis of the West's views of the non-western world. also the narrator is very good to listen to.

Brilliant

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