About the Book: Orientalism
Now reissued with a substantial new afterword, this highly acclaimed overview of
Western attitudes towards the East has become one of the canonical texts of
cultural studies. Very excitinghis case is not merely persuasive, but
conclusive. John Leonard in The New York Times His most important book,
Orientalism established a new benchmark for discussion of the Wests skewed view
of the Arab and Islamic world. Simon Louvish in the New Statesman and Society
Edward Said speaks for interdisciplinarity as well as for monumental
eruditionThe breadth of reading is astonishing. Fred Inglis in The Times Higher
Education Supplement A stimulating, elegant yet pugnacious essay. Observer
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