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Orientalism

Name: Orientalism
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 02122622
Price: 32.37 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: John MacKenzie
ISBN: 9780719045783

John MacKenzie

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 02122622

Publishers Manchester University Press, June 1995

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The Orientalism debate, inspired by the work of Edward Said, has been a major source of cross-disciplinary controversy in recent years. John MacKenzie offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of this vast literature of Orientalism and brings to the subject highly original historical perspectives. This study provides the first major discussion of Orientalism by a historian of imperialism. Setting the analysis within the context of conflicting scholarly interpretations, John MacKenzie then carries the discussion into wholly new areas, testing the notion that the western arts received genuine inspiration from the East by examining the visual arts, architecture, design, music and theatre. John MacKenzie concludes that western approaches to the Orient have been much more ambiguous and genuinely interactive than Said allowed. The artistic construction of the East by the West has invariably been achieved through a greater spirit of respect and in search of a truly syncretic culture. The Orient has proved an inspiration to European arts, even when caught in the web of imperial power relations.