Neo-orientalism

Neo-orientalism is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe modern incarnations of Orientalist thinking. The term is found in academic literature to critique Western attitudes to Islam and the Islamic world post 9/11.[1]

Though the term Neo-orientalism marks a change from classical Orientalism, the two concepts nevertheless shares similarities. For example, Neo-orientalism is, like Orientalism, "monolithic, totalizing, reliant on a binary logic, and based on an assumption of moral and cultural superiority over the Oriental other," according to Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams. Neo-orientalism should thus be understood more as "a supplement to enduring modes or Orientalist representation".[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Tuastad, Dag (2003). "Neo-Orientalism and the new barbarism thesis: Aspects of symbolic violence in the Middle East conflict(s)". Third World Quarterly. 24 (4): 591. doi:10.1080/0143659032000105768. JSTOR 3993426.
  2. ↑ Williams, Juliet A. and Behdad, Ali (2012). "On Neo-Orientalism, Today". www.entekhabi.org. Retrieved 2015-09-27.


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