1. Orientalism and Edward Said
And, sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires, as if one shouldn't trust the evidence of one's eyes watching the destruction and the misery and death brought by the latest mission of civilization"" (Edward W. ... Said, a Palestinian-American, knows full well of these repercussions and made many ground-breaking claims about just how powerful Western influence has been on these areas in his book. ... Throughout his novel, Said identifies several dangerous assumptions made by the West about the Orient that ha...
- Word Count: 4296
- Approx Pages: 17
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate
