Muslim Reception of European Orientalism
2018·272 pages
Explores Muslim responses to European Orientalist writings on Islam, challenging biases and impacts.
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Explores Muslim responses to European Orientalist writings on Islam, challenging biases and impacts.
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Edward Said's Orientalism, now more than fifty years old, has to be one of the most frequently cited books among academics in a wide range of disciplines, and the most frequently assigned book to undergraduates at colleges. Among the common questions raised in response to Said's book: Did scholars in Western Europe provide crucial support to the imperialist, colonialist activities of European regimes? Are their writings on Islam laden with denigrating, eroticized, distorting biases that have lef...
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Central focus on Islamic studies and Muslim perspectives on Orientalism.
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Strong focus on colonialist and imperialist themes in Orientalist scholarship.
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Brief mentions of systemic cultural biases and colonial oppression.
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