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ref. B9780814756652 — Paperback / softback. New. In the period of decolonization that followed World War II a number of scholars mainly Middle Eastern launched a sustained assault on Orientalismthe theory and practice of representing the "East" in Western thoughtaccusing its practitioners of misrepresentation prejudice and bias. An intense debate ensued involving not only Orientalists but historians sociologists anthropologists literary critics scholars of cultural studies and gender studies as well as the news media. Orientalism: A Reader provides students scholars and general readers alike with a selection of key readings from this debate covering a range of areas including myth imperialism the cultural perspective Marxist interpretation and feminist approaches. The aim is to introduce the origins and character of the debate on Orientalism providing a useful overview of a controversial and problematic concept from a multidisciplinary perspective. Coverage begins with late 19th-century material from thinkers such as Hegel and Marx and moves through extracts from Nietzsche Gramsci and Foucault to contemporary work from Brian Turner John Mackenzie and Edward Said. As well as a general introduction each section and extract is introduced and there is a detailed guide to further reading. Contributors: Anouar Abdel-Malek Aijaz Ahmad Sadik Jalal al-'Azm Fred Dallmayr Michel Foucault Francesco Gabrieli Antonio Gramsci G.W.F Hegel Ronald Inden Richard King David Kopf Bernard Lewis Donald P. Little L. Lowe John MacKenzie Pierre Martino Karl Marx Billie Melman James Mill B.J. Moore-Gilbert Friedrich Nietzsche Sheldon Pollock Michael Richardson Edward Said Stuart Schaar Raymond Schwab A.L. Tibawi Bryan S. Turner and Ernest J. Wilson III. paperback