Edward Said's Orientalism (013)

Edward Said's Orientalism is one of the most influential books in the last fifty years. Whether you see it as originating an important critique of the effect Eurocentric scholarship has or simply reflecting a wider shift in intellectual understanding there is no denying the way we think about the human past has changed since 1978. It is perhaps most clearly illustrated by the simple linguistic change - orientalist is now used more frequently as a criticism than as a label for a particular subject. 00:00 Orientalism and Orientalist 01:20 Structure of the Book 05:50 The Argument and Reception