The East-West Dichotomy: From Orientalism to Postcoloniality
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2019, Vol 24, Issue 1
Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to define and explain the concept of 'Orientalism' developed and practised by Edward Said, a pioneer postcolonial theorist. According to him, the concept of Orientalism refers to the western views about the Orient or the East. However, it has raised a number of debates among the scholars on defining his concept. It can be defined in three ways as: an academic field of study, an epistemological and ontological way of looking at the world and a western hegemony. It has also been the focus of a number of controversies and polemics such as crisis on Orientalism, its connection with western theories and the rise of Occidentalism. Many scholars agree with the fact that the publication of the book Orientalism is a beginning of postcolonial discourse in history, philosophy, anthropology, arts and literature. Similarly, it provides an approach to the study of non-western texts. Interestingly because both Orientalism and NonWestern Studies deconstruct the Western Studies, both are therefore sometimes referred to as 'poststructuralist' approaches.
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Min Pun PhD
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