Orientalism: Edward W. Said

Synopsis

A groundbreaking critique of the west's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the east that is--decades after its first publication--one of the most important books written about our divided world. - with a new foreword by ussama makdisi "intellectual history on a high order. And very exciting. " --the new york timesin 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.