单词 | Orientalism |
释义 | Orientalismnoun Ori·en·tal·ism ˌȯr-ē-ˈen-tə-ˌli-zəm variants or orientalism plural Orientalisms or orientalisms 1 : scholarship, learning, or study in Asian subjects or languages Knowledge of Islam and Muslims crystallised into what became known, by the late 18th century, as Orientalism—the study of the history, languages and cultures of the East. —now often used with negative connotations of a colonialist bias underlying and reinforced by such scholarship According to Edward Said and other postcolonial critics, much of our dim view of Arabs is a product of an "Orientalism" that was constructed by European intellectuals of the 19th century … 2 usually orientalism : something (such as a style or manner) associated with or characteristic of Asia or Asians Strauss's orientalisms are truly evocative: those in the "Dance of the Seven Veils" evoke both warmth and strangeness through their use of artificial scales … Orientalist ˌȯr-ē-ˈen-tə-list adjective or orientalist Orientalist studies/attitudes Orientalist noun or orientalist plural Orientalists or orientalists In recent years Mr. Lewis, and indeed the whole of the older generation of American and European Islamic scholars, have come under attack as "Orientalists," a word that refers to students of Eastern languages and cultures but in the polemics of the moment has come to mean agents of intellectual and political imperialism, scholars dedicated to a discourse that fosters oppression of Eastern peoples by Western. The burden of being White Men is what hobbles us in our study of Hinduism. Or so Columbia University's Edward Said tells us, and his words are echoed by those who would deconstruct the study of "the Orient" in general and Hinduism in particular. Since Said's shattering denunciation in Orientalism (1978), Orientalists—Westerners who study Eastern religions and societies—have perceived themselves to be hopelessly tarred by the brushes of racism, colonialism, Eurocentrism, and sexism. |
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