Edward Said Orientalism Summary

This work by Edward
Said has been crucial to postcolonial studies and criticism. I will give you a brief summary of
the main ideas and how it contributes to postcolonialism, but obviously, there is no substitute
for reading the book yourself!

Said identifies a series of assumptions that
are made by the West about the Orient. Said himself is Palestinian, and he identifies a series
of assumptions that the West makes about Arabs: they are irrational, anti-Western, menacing and
dishonest. He explores how these assumptions are constructed in opposition to what the West
thinks about themselves, and...