Europe Knows Nothing About The Orient

Author : Zeynep Çelik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6057685350

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Europe Knows Nothing about the Orient by Zeynep Çelik Pdf

A century before the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism, a passionate discourse emerged in the Ottoman Empire, rebutting politicized Western representations of the East. Until the 1930s, Ottoman and early Turkish Republican intellectuals, well acquainted with the European political and cultural scene and charged with their own ideological agendas, deconstructed tired clichés about "the Orient." In this book, Zeynep Çelik recontextualizes Eurocentric postcolonial studies, unearthing an important episode in modern Middle Eastern intellectual history and curating a selection of primary texts illustrating the debates.

Author : Edward W. Said
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804153867

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Orientalism by Edward W. Said Pdf

More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.

Author : Ivan Davidson Kalmar,Derek Jonathan Penslar
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1584654112

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Orientalism and the Jews by Ivan Davidson Kalmar,Derek Jonathan Penslar Pdf

A fascinating analysis of how Jews fit into scholarly debates about Orientalism.

Author : David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300162899

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Russian Orientalism by David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Pdf

Here, the author examines Russian thinking about the Orient before the Revolution of 1917. He argues that the Russian Empire's bi-continental geography and the complicated nature of its encounter with Asia have all resulted in a variegated understanding of the East among its people.

Author : Rana Kabbani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1986-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349073207

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Europe's Myths of Orient by Rana Kabbani Pdf

Author : Ibn Warraq
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615920204

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Defending the West by Ibn Warraq Pdf

This is the first systematic critique of Edward Said's influential work, Orientalism, a book that for almost three decades has received wide acclaim, voluminous commentary, and translation into more than fifteen languages. Said's main thesis was that the Western image of the East was heavily biased by colonialist attitudes, racism, and more than two centuries of political exploitation. Although Said's critique was controversial, the impact of his ideas has been a pervasive rethinking of Western perceptions of Eastern cultures, plus a tendency to view all scholarship in Oriental Studies as tainted by considerations of power and prejudice. In this thorough reconsideration of Said's famous work, Ibn Warraq argues that Said's case against the West is seriously flawed. Warraq accuses Said of not only willfully misinterpreting the work of many scholars, but also of systematically misrepresenting Western civilization as a whole. With example after example, he shows that ever since the Greeks Western civilization has always had a strand in its very makeup that has accepted non-Westerners with open arms and has ever been open to foreign ideas. The author also criticizes Said for inadequate methodology, incoherent arguments, and a faulty historical understanding. He points out, not only Said's tendentious interpretations, but historical howlers that would make a sophomore blush. Warraq further looks at the destructive influence of Said's study on the history of Western painting, especially of the 19th century, and shows how, once again, the epigones of Said have succeeded in relegating thousands of first-class paintings to the lofts and storage rooms of major museums. An extended appendix reconsiders the value of 18th- and 19th-century Orientalist scholars and artists, whose work fell into disrepute as a result of Said's work.

Author : Jerry Brotton
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501722332

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Trading Territories by Jerry Brotton Pdf

In this generously illustrated book, Jerry Brotton documents the dramatic changes in the nature of geographical representation which took place during the sixteenth century, explaining how much they convey about the transformation of European culture at the end of the early modern era. He examines the age's fascination with maps, charts, and globes as both texts and artifacts that provided their owners with a promise of gain, be it intellectual, political, or financial. From the Middle Ages through most of the sixteenth century, Brotton argues, mapmakers deliberately exploited the partial, often conflicting accounts of geographically distant territories to create imaginary worlds. As long as the lands remained inaccessible, these maps and globes were politically compelling. They bolstered the authority of the imperial patrons who employed the geographers and integrated their creations into ever more grandiose rhetorics of expansion. As the century progressed, however, geographers increasingly owed allegiance to the administrators of vast joint-stock companies that sought to exploit faraway lands and required the systematic mapping of commercially strategic territories. By the beginning of the seventeenth century, maps had begun to serve instead as scientific guides, defining objectively valid images of the world.

Author : Joy Hendry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000184235

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The Orient Strikes Back by Joy Hendry Pdf

At the turn of the 20th Century, Japanese ‘villages' and their exotic occupants delighted and mystified visitors to the Great Exhibitions and Worlds' Fairs . At the beginning of the 21st Century, Japanese tourists have reversed the gaze and now may visit a range of European ‘countries', as well as several other cultural worlds, without ever leaving the shores of Japan. This book suggests that these and other exciting Asian theme parks pose a challenge to Western notions of leisure, education, and entertainment. Is this a case of reverse orientalism? Or is it simply a commercial follow-up on the success of Tokyo Disneyland? Is it an appropriation by one rich nation of a whole world of cultural delights from the countries that have influenced its twentieth-century success? Can the parks be seen as political statements about the heritage on which Japan now draws so freely? Or are they new forms of ethnographic museum? Examining Japanese parks in the context of a variety of historical examples of cultural display in Europe, the U.S. and Australia, as well as other Asian examples, the author calls into question the too easy adoption of postmodern theory as an ethnocentrically Western phenomenon and clearly shows that Japan has given theme parks an entirely new mode of interpretation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004444836

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Encyclopedia of Critical Whiteness Studies in Education by Anonim Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Critical Whiteness Studies in Education offers readers a broad summary of the multifaceted and interdisciplinary field of critical whiteness studies, the study of white racial identities in the context of white supremacy, in education.

Author : David S. Roh,Betsy Huang,Greta A. Niu
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813575551

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Techno-Orientalism by David S. Roh,Betsy Huang,Greta A. Niu Pdf

What will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalism investigates the phenomenon of imagining Asia and Asians in hypo- or hyper-technological terms in literary, cinematic, and new media representations, while critically examining the stereotype of Asians as both technologically advanced and intellectually primitive, in dire need of Western consciousness-raising. The collection’s fourteen original essays trace the discourse of techno-orientalism across a wide array of media, from radio serials to cyberpunk novels, from Sax Rohmer’s Dr. Fu Manchu to Firefly. Applying a variety of theoretical, historical, and interpretive approaches, the contributors consider techno-orientalism a truly global phenomenon. In part, they tackle the key question of how these stereotypes serve to both express and assuage Western anxieties about Asia’s growing cultural influence and economic dominance. Yet the book also examines artists who have appropriated techno-orientalist tropes in order to critique racist and imperialist attitudes. Techno-Orientalism is the first collection to define and critically analyze a phenomenon that pervades both science fiction and real-world news coverage of Asia. With essays on subjects ranging from wartime rhetoric of race and technology to science fiction by contemporary Asian American writers to the cultural implications of Korean gamers, this volume offers innovative perspectives and broadens conventional discussions in Asian American Cultural studies.

Author : Monique Truong
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780547524993

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The Book of Salt by Monique Truong Pdf

A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, by the author of The Sweetest Fruits. Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home, Binh observes their domestic entanglements while seeking his own place in the world. In a mesmerizing tale of yearning and betrayal, Monique Truong explores Paris from the salons of its artists to the dark nightlife of its outsiders and exiles. She takes us back to Binh's youthful servitude in Saigon under colonial rule, to his life as a galley hand at sea, to his brief, fateful encounters in Paris with Paul Robeson and the young Ho Chi Minh. Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award A Best Book of the Year: New York Times, Village Voice, Seattle Times, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, and others “An irresistible, scrupulously engineered confection that weaves together history, art, and human nature…a veritable feast.”—Los Angeles Times “A debut novel of pungent sensuousness and intricate, inspired imagination…a marvelous tale.”—Elle “Addictive…Deliciously written…Both eloquent and original.”—Entertainment Weekly “A mesmerizing narrative voice, an insider's view of a fabled literary household and the slow revelation of heartbreaking secrets contribute to the visceral impact of this first novel.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

Author : Tomek E. Jankowski
Publisher : New Europe Books
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780985062330

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Eastern Europe! by Tomek E. Jankowski Pdf

Eastern Europe! is a brief and concise (but informative) introduction to Eastern Europe and its myriad customs and history. When the legendary Romulus killed his brother Remus and founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE, Plovdiv -- today the second-largest city in Bulgaria -- was already thousands of years old. Indeed, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, Amsterdam are all are mere infants compared to Plovdiv. This is just one of the paradoxes that haunts and defines the New Europe, that part of Europe that was freed from Soviet bondage in 1989 which is at once both much older than the modern Atlantic-facing power centers of Western Europe while also being in some ways much younger than them. Even those knowledgeable about Western Europe often see Eastern Europe as terra incognita, with a sign on the border declaring "Here be monsters." This book is a gateway to understanding both what unites and separates Eastern Europeans from their Western brethren, and how this vital region has been shaped by, but has also left its mark on, Western Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Ideal for students, businesspeople, and those who simply want to know more about where Grandma or Grandpa came from, Eastern Europe! is a user-friendly guide to a region that is all too often mischaracterized as remote, insular, and superstitious. Illustrations throughout include: 40 photos, 40 maps and 40 figures (tables, charts, etc.) From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Samuel Sullivan Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Europe
ISBN : NYPL:33433082475249

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Buckeye Abroad, Or, Wanderings in Europe and in the Orient by Samuel Sullivan Cox Pdf

Author : François Pouillion,Jean-Claude Vatin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004282537

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After Orientalism by François Pouillion,Jean-Claude Vatin Pdf

This book offers an exciting new landscape in which to situate research on cultures and societies of the non-European world, with a road-map that leads us beyond the restrictive dichotomy of Occident/Orient.

Author : Albert M. Craig,William A. Graham,Steven Ozment,Donald M. Kagan,Frank M. Turner
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 0205803474

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The Heritage of World Civilizations by Albert M. Craig,William A. Graham,Steven Ozment,Donald M. Kagan,Frank M. Turner Pdf

Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, The Heritage of World Civilizations offers compelling and thorough coverage of the unique heritage of Asian, African, Middle Eastern, European, and American civilizations, while highlighting the role of the world's great religious and philosophical traditions.