How the West Invented “The East” | Edward Said’s Orientalism

What if the way the West understands “the East” was never neutral? In this video, I break down Edward Said’s Orientalism—one of the most influential works in postcolonial thought—and explore how Western scholarship, literature, art, and politics helped construct a particular image of the “Orient.” Said argues that Orientalism wasn’t simply about misunderstanding other cultures. It was deeply connected to power, empire, and colonialism, creating a framework through which the West could define, categorize, and ultimately dominate the people it portrayed as fundamentally different. This book changed the way we think about colonialism, representation, culture, and who gets to tell the story of another people. 📚 Book: Orientalism ✍🏿 Author: Edward W. Said #Orientalism #EdwardSaid #Postcolonialism #Colonialism #HistoryTube #BookTube #Literature #CulturalCriticism #Imperialism #Decolonization