Reassessing Orientalism Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War |
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| Editor:
| Kemper, Michael
Kalinovsky, Artemy M. |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-138-10203-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $86.99 |
Book Description:
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Orientalism as a concept was first applied to Western colonial views of the East. Subsequently, different types of orientalism were discovered but the premise was that these took their lead from Western-style orientalism, applying it in different circumstances. This book, on the other hand, argues that the diffusion of interpretations and techniques in orientalism was not uni-directional, and that the different orientologies - Western, Soviet and oriental orientologies - were...
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Orientalism as a concept was first applied to Western colonial views of the East. Subsequently, different types of orientalism were discovered but the premise was that these took their lead from Western-style orientalism, applying it in different circumstances. This book, on the other hand, argues that the diffusion of interpretations and techniques in orientalism was not uni-directional, and that the different orientologies - Western, Soviet and oriental orientologies - were interlocked, in such a way that a change in any one of them affected the others; that the different orientologies did not develop in isolation from each other; and that, importantly, those being orientalised were active, not passive, players in shaping how the views of themselves were developed.