Orientalism

Ø What is Orientalism?

ü The country of the east especially East Asia.

ü Study of orient means a study of orients.

ü Old civilization with an old knowledge system.

ü Problem between White and Muslim people.

ü A story of Middle-East.

ü Strangers by the fortune of colors.

ü Identities are not made naturally.

ü Post Structuralism has changed way of thinking.

ü Subjective and objective process.

ü Orientalism is generally means to a mental exercise and mental archrival.

The “East” as differentiated from the “West”, which includes the Middle East, Near East, Central Asia, South Asia and the Far East, is today top of mind with news breaking in a stream of anxiety, fear, economic and political pressures, social conflict, unrest and war.

“The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been since antiquity a place of romance, exotic being, haunting memories and landscapes, remarkable experiences.”

The structure of orient is nothing more than a structure of lies or the myths which, were the truth about them to be told , would simply blow away.

Orientalism as a system of knowledge about Orient, an accepted grid for filtering through the Orient into Western consciousness, just as that same investment multiplied indeed made truly productive the statements profiling out from Orientalism into the general culture.

Orientalism is widely considered a seminal and foundational text for postcolonial studies, a discipline that has expanded to consider not only political systems of hegemony and imperialism, but also power structures and relationships in philosophy, literature, the arts and other fields.

“Orientalism is a style of thought based upon an ontological and epistemological distinction made between “the Orient” and  “the Occident.”

“Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the orient”.

In the Introduction part Said divided into three parts,

•      Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism

•      Chapter 2: Orientalist Structures and Restructures

•      Chapter 3: Orientalism now