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Orientalsim
- 1. Welcome to Presentation ofGroup Skylark Presented by Jacinta,
- 2. The Subject of ourPresentation is “Orientalism in the Light of
- 4. Edward said wasa Palestinian American, professor, critique and scholar. born on 1st Nov. in 1935. He received PhD from Harvard University. He died in 25th September in 2003.
- 7. Orientalism is nota concept, because concept may be lifeless. However, orientalism is an animated thing and it has a strong spirit that is dominating, and suppressing the people of the East. It is being practiced from the beginning of the Nineteenth century until now.
- 8. Second Aspects ofOrientalsimEdward Said insisted on the serious study of the Occident about the culture, history, and ideas of Orient. Orientalism is not an imagination but a theory or belief created by the Occident. The Western youngsters deal with the Orient and Orientalism as a simple subject of Humanities and choose it as a
- 10. According to BatistaVigo, ‘Orient’ and ‘orintalism’ are man-made and it extends geography. Said does not agree with him. Said showed some logic to defend himself or his theory by saying that Orient is not an imagination between the hegemony or the relationship of Orient and Occident. It is all above the imagination. He said that political elements may find in his essay but there is no political intention.
- 11. Orientalism as an academicTheperson who thinks, study, writes, and researches the orient though the person is an anthropologist; sociologist, historian, or philologist is an Those who translate the books of orient are also known as orientalist. The orientalist what does is called orientalism. During the mid-19th century, "oriental studies" was established as an academic discipline. The occident taught the young westerners about Orient so that they can dominate and rule all over the country.
- 12. Perspectives of Occidentto the Orient The perspective of the Orient is negative towards the orient. They always deal with the orient as superior to them. They tried to expand their empire of domination by knowing everything about the Orient. There are three processes the way the occident dominated the Middle East as the orient.
- 13. First Perspective American orWestern people has an idea about the popular history of anti-Arab and anti-Islamic prejudice that has given the westerns a hint to govern on them.
- 17. Victor Mary Hugo VictorMary Hugo was a French poet, novelist, dramatist of the Romantic Movement. He was born on 26 February in 1802. He was considered one of the greatest and best- known French writers. He died on 22 May in 1885.
- 18. Karl Marx Karl Marxwas a famous German philosopher and political leader. Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, in German. He is known as the founder of communism. He died on March 14, in 1883.
- 20. Michel Foucault, infull , Paul Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, historian and social theorist. He was born on October 15, 1926. He was one of the most influential and controversial scholars of the post-World War II period. He was died June 25, 1984, in Paris.
- 21. Conclusion: In a fewwords, Oreintalsim is a political and cultural fact. The term “Orientalism” is a popular genre represents the western outlook or views towards the orient. He referred several prominent linguist, philosophers, thinkers and politicians to enrich his critical text by contradicting to some extent. By defending his theory, he gives a clear overview on Orientalism that is based on a pure nonpolitical ideology. Therefore, it can be said that it is a brief reflection of ‘Introduction to Orientalism” in the light of Said’s concept.