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Orientalism: western conceptions of the Orient

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Orientalism: western conceptions of the Orient

Orientalism: western conceptions of the Orient

Editorial: Penguin Books LTD

Pàgines: 396

Any: 2003

EAN: 9780141187426

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Sobre el libro Orientalism: western conceptions of the Orient de Edward W. Said publicado por Penguin Books LTD al 2003:

In this highly acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering Orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation – a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the ‘otherness’ of Eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West’s romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. In his new preface, Said examines the effect of continuing Western imperialism after recent events in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Edward W. Said

Sobre Edward W. Said

Edward W. Said (1935-2003) va ser un dels intel·lectuals àrabs més importants del segle XX. Nascut a Jerusalem en una família palestina, es va educar en el Victoria College del Caire, en el Mount Hermon School de Massachusetts i en les Universitats de Princeton i Harvard. Va ser professor de literatura anglesa de la Universitat de Columbia des de 1963 fins a la seva mort. A més, en 1974 va ser professor visitant de literatura comparada a Harvard; en 1975-76, membre del Center for...

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