The seminal work that has redefined ourunderstanding of colonialism and empire,with a preface by the author'Stimulating,elegant and pugnacious'Observer'Magisterial'Terry EagletonIn thishighly-acclaimed work,Edward Said surveys the history and nature ofWestern attitudes towards the East,considering orientalism as apowerful European ideological creation - a way for writers,philosophersand colonial administrators to deal with the'otherness'of easternculture,customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writingsof Homer,Nerval and Flaubert,Disraeli and Kipling,whose imaginativedepictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exoticpicture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an ArabPalestinian living in the West,Said examines how these ideas can be areflection of European imperialism and racism.'Beautifully patterned and passionately argued'New Statesman'Very exciting...his case is not merely persuasive,but conclusive'John Leonard,New York Times
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141187426Number of pages: 432Weight: 315 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 24 mm
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