Task : Five Concepts Related to Orientalism on the basis of this video.
Edward Said's Interview about Orientalism.
"Orientalism revolutionised the study of the Middle East and helped to create and shaped entire ne2w fields of study."
Five main concepts about Orientalism :
1. Organised form of writing :
Whenever someone wish to know about the which are countries which are far away from their places, they must rely on some sort of writings. This was not usual writing, but it would be organised form of writing. But in reality we couldn't rely on all such literature. We don't know who has/not travelled that places, who is giving real picture and who is fake.In other words we didn't get what we call realistic representation of Orient, either in literature, or in painting, or in music, or in any art form.
"And this extended even further into descriptions of the Arabs by experts, people who had studied them. I noticed that even in the twentieth century some of the same images that you found in the nineteenth century amongst scholars like Edward William Lane who wrote his book on the Modern Egyptians in the early 1830's and then you read somebody in the 1920's and they more or less saying the same thing."
2.Timeless Orient :
In a way all Orientals are same, no matter from which country s/he belongs, wether its India , or any other nation, it's basically the same assets, so there develops a kind of image of Timeless Orient.
3. Stereotype:
Edward Said's Interview about Orientalism.
"Orientalism revolutionised the study of the Middle East and helped to create and shaped entire ne2w fields of study."
Five main concepts about Orientalism :
1. Organised form of writing :
Whenever someone wish to know about the which are countries which are far away from their places, they must rely on some sort of writings. This was not usual writing, but it would be organised form of writing. But in reality we couldn't rely on all such literature. We don't know who has/not travelled that places, who is giving real picture and who is fake.In other words we didn't get what we call realistic representation of Orient, either in literature, or in painting, or in music, or in any art form.
"And this extended even further into descriptions of the Arabs by experts, people who had studied them. I noticed that even in the twentieth century some of the same images that you found in the nineteenth century amongst scholars like Edward William Lane who wrote his book on the Modern Egyptians in the early 1830's and then you read somebody in the 1920's and they more or less saying the same thing."
2.Timeless Orient :
In a way all Orientals are same, no matter from which country s/he belongs, wether its India , or any other nation, it's basically the same assets, so there develops a kind of image of Timeless Orient.
3. Stereotype:
Said talked in this interview about the stereotype of Eastern countries. He said that Western world especially America always see the Eastern world as terrorist countries, their media also portraying Eastern people as barbaric in their T.V program and news. So, this kind of stereotypical perspective is very dangerous for the Eastern countries.
4. Different views of Imperialism:
In the interview, Said also differentiate the Imperialists like France, America and Europe and he said that French imperialism was very different than Europe and America. Further he said that French did not invaded like Spaniard invaded the new world, looking for a loot. But Nepolian invaded Egypt for the survey of Egypt while Europe invaded the new world looking for loot and also America looted many Easter countries because of the oil through the arm force.
5. Palestine Issue:
Said talked about the issue of Palestine that what is the condition of the people there, they have not their mother land because of the forcefully occupation by Israel. From 1948 to present time Palestinian are suffering a lot for the peace and their homeland but Western countries do not take any kind of action on this issue. We also can say that why Europe and America built a new state for Jew people surrounding Islamic countries, if they have love for Jew people then why they vanished jew from Europe. So, Said explained this issue through cultural, religious and political views.
6. Contrapuntal line:
4. Different views of Imperialism:
In the interview, Said also differentiate the Imperialists like France, America and Europe and he said that French imperialism was very different than Europe and America. Further he said that French did not invaded like Spaniard invaded the new world, looking for a loot. But Nepolian invaded Egypt for the survey of Egypt while Europe invaded the new world looking for loot and also America looted many Easter countries because of the oil through the arm force.
5. Palestine Issue:
Said talked about the issue of Palestine that what is the condition of the people there, they have not their mother land because of the forcefully occupation by Israel. From 1948 to present time Palestinian are suffering a lot for the peace and their homeland but Western countries do not take any kind of action on this issue. We also can say that why Europe and America built a new state for Jew people surrounding Islamic countries, if they have love for Jew people then why they vanished jew from Europe. So, Said explained this issue through cultural, religious and political views.
6. Contrapuntal line:
It is very good view to look any kind of issue, language, Religion, Literature In contrapuntal line, we can say every thing has binary opposition. So, Said said that we have to look from both side we can not judge anything from one side like blind people portrayed elephant from one angle.
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