INST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Middle Eastern Studies, Comparative Literature, Edward Said
8 May 2019
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International questions in a regional context ii: orientalism and the. Creating a place that doesn"t exist in order to drive a plot that capitalizes on fear of the other. Middle east and northern africa orient=not naturally able to be cleaved out of the continent. Cornerstone of contemporary postcolonial and middle eastern studies. The orient "is not an inert fact of nature" It is not just there, just as the occident itself is not just there either. The orient and the occident are man made, geographical, cultural, and historical entities. Orientalism is a way of coming to terms with the orient that is based on the orients special place in european western experience. Arises from the particular closeness of britain, france, and the orient. Helps define "the west" as its contrasting image, idea, and experience. An integral part of european material culture and civilization. Ontological and epistemological distinction between "the orient" and "the occident"
