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orientalism
The thoughts stated concern the description and criticism of the Orientalism of Said so that because of unanswered dilemmas or misunderstanding, he could no longer face the difficulties of discussing other cultures. Said wrote that people have always been given little other than ethnocentricity, oppression, and prejudice by human civilizations or advanced cultures when interacting with culture (Mart et al. 369). There would be no need to sing out Europe’s failure if all the advanced cultures and the developing oriental ones had the primary option to rise. It tends to happen when people assume that the West should overcome such natural human tendencies because of cultural achievement and cultural tendency. Said explains knowledge and power in the context of colonization through Balfour’s logic. England recognizes Egypt, recognizing that Egypt is not independent (Said 42). England learns that it can conquer Egypt; it colonizes Egypt and retains absolute control over Egypt.
Orient is an essential part of the development of European culture and civilization. Not only does the Orient surround Europe, but it also is the site of Europe’s most prominent, most prosperous, and oldest cities, its beginnings, and one of its most famous and regular views. The Oriental features, expressed by the orientalist literature, are seen in opposite words from the western mind, namely: the oriental mind is associated with the characteristics sensual, despotic, irrational, unreliable, and uncivilized.
In foreign affairs, the principle of force is essential. Nevertheless, dominated debates appear to promote only one critical source of constructive power: an agent who induces someone else to do what the others will not. Therefore, the aspect of promoting one necessary becomes the limitations of Orientalism.
Moreover, Said’s book relates to aggression, both real and symbolic, and concerns knowledge as a politics. For oriental, it is open and can be analyzed concerning Western culture (Mart et al. 369). Orientalism suggests that the Community representing the East is directed at the West, and ventures, in turn, are used as embodiments of their intentions. Therefore the disparity lies in the West’s interpretation of the East. Reports that address these questions are analyzed for their purpose and representations.
According to Said, people who research, write about, or teach the Orient can either be philologists, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. And they are orientalists in their particular aspects. Said a further state that Orientalism’s problem is ambiguous and that many people do not want to identify with it (Said 10). Based on Said’s article, I believe that the Harem imagery reflects and communicates Orientalism as the means of presenting organizations, learning programs, language, ideologies, symbols, imperial models, and bureaucracies, in politically and culturally means. Based on my understanding of Orientalism, Orientalist thinking has a peculiar closeness dominated by Britain and France.
According to my research, these two countries have dominated the Orient. And Orientalism and its ideas have always been linked to these two countries. Orientalist thinking is still pervasive, and I know that it is widespread, since America has also followed and controlled the same strategy as Britain and France (Said 11). Orientalism is still surrounding people in multiple aspects because of its vicinity, the complexities of which are positive. Orientalist thinking is still around, and I can see it everywhere in various forms like advertising and movies. Though we have the film resources to identify Orientalism, I found that the depiction I described comes from the orientalist mindset that still resides in Western culture.
Works Cited
Mart, Çaðrý Tuðrul, Alpaslan Toker, and M. Fatih Esen. “Criticism on Edward Said’s Orientalism.” 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Development. 2010.
Said, Edward, W. “Orientalism.” Retrieved from https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp- content/uploads/sites/33/2014/12/Said_full.pdf