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**WenPyclenoWex** · 09-02-2012, 04:21 PM

A definition from wikipedia:

Orientalism is a term used by art historians, literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern, and East Asian cultures (Eastern cultures) by American and European writers, designers and artists. In particular, Orientalist painting, depicting more specifically "the Middle East",[1] was one of the many specialisms of 19th century Academic art.

Since the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism, the term has arguably acquired a negative connotation. Today, it is commonly used to describe a form of racism or prejudice against peoples of 'the East', such as Arabs, Jews, Iranians, Chinese, Japanese, Indians or other Asian groups as "mysterious, dishonestly intelligent, overly sensual, warlike, and barbarically loyal to their 'tribe' instead of to humankind".

he (Edward Said) used the term to describe a pervasive Western tradition, both academic and artistic, of prejudiced outsider interpretations of the East, shaped by the attitudes of European imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Said was critical of both this scholarly tradition and of some modern scholars, particularly Bernard Lewis. Said was mainly concerned with literature in the widest sense, especially French literature, and did not cover visual art and Orientalist painting, though others, notably Linda Nochlin, have tried to extend his analysis to art, "with uneven results".[7] Said's work became one of the foundational texts of Postcolonialism or Postcolonial studies.

Zionists who are quite powerful in the west including the universities of course hate Edward Said (A Christian Palestinian-American), and they like to paint his work as nonsense, Bernerd Lewis is a Zionist neo-conservertive. Zionist neo-conservertives working for George Bush the son of course want to make the orient look like it is bad and it needs 'invasions' by the west to fix it. Plenty of evidence exists to prove that without these Zionist neo-cons no invasion of Iraq would have taken place, and some suggestion that Afghanistan was set up by them as well. If the East is depicted in the western imagination as barbaric, it is easy to justify invasions to give them the light of democracy and humanism as 'gifts' from the occident.

09-02-2012, 04:21 PM	#2
WenPyclenoWex Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	A definition from wikipedia: Orientalism is a term used by art historians, literary and cultural studies scholars for the imitation or depiction of aspects of Middle Eastern, and East Asian cultures (Eastern cultures) by American and European writers, designers and artists. In particular, Orientalist painting, depicting more specifically "the Middle East",[1] was one of the many specialisms of 19th century Academic art. Since the publication of Edward Said's Orientalism, the term has arguably acquired a negative connotation. Today, it is commonly used to describe a form of racism or prejudice against peoples of 'the East', such as Arabs, Jews, Iranians, Chinese, Japanese, Indians or other Asian groups as "mysterious, dishonestly intelligent, overly sensual, warlike, and barbarically loyal to their 'tribe' instead of to humankind". he (Edward Said) used the term to describe a pervasive Western tradition, both academic and artistic, of prejudiced outsider interpretations of the East, shaped by the attitudes of European imperialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Said was critical of both this scholarly tradition and of some modern scholars, particularly Bernard Lewis. Said was mainly concerned with literature in the widest sense, especially French literature, and did not cover visual art and Orientalist painting, though others, notably Linda Nochlin, have tried to extend his analysis to art, "with uneven results".[7] Said's work became one of the foundational texts of Postcolonialism or Postcolonial studies. Zionists who are quite powerful in the west including the universities of course hate Edward Said (A Christian Palestinian-American), and they like to paint his work as nonsense, Bernerd Lewis is a Zionist neo-conservertive. Zionist neo-conservertives working for George Bush the son of course want to make the orient look like it is bad and it needs 'invasions' by the west to fix it. Plenty of evidence exists to prove that without these Zionist neo-cons no invasion of Iraq would have taken place, and some suggestion that Afghanistan was set up by them as well. If the East is depicted in the western imagination as barbaric, it is easy to justify invasions to give them the light of democracy and humanism as 'gifts' from the occident.
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