Orientalism

ORIENTALISM

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, ISLAMABAD

GROUP 1

• HUMA HAFEEZ

• HUMA ASLAM

• KINZA GHAFOOR

• SUMAIRA BIBI

• MARIA SABEEN

INTRODUCTI

ON

Romance ,Exotic being , haunting

memories ,landscapes and remarkable

experiences

ORIENT IS EUROPEAN INVENTION PERCEVIDED BY WEST AS….

Orientalism is Western Misconception about the East………

Phrase “Other” was used to describe the

Western fascination with the Orient”

Edward emphasized on “ the Orient’s special place in the Western

experience

The Orient does

not mean the

same to

American as it

does to the

European

countries.

 The first definition… Said uses for the topic is the academic interpretation

The second definition draws attention to this distinction and clarifies Orientalism

The third definition of Orientalism, using an analysis substantially more applicable in the historical context

The third definition

of Orientalis

m

MOTIVATED BY

Michel Foucault’s theories

ORIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WEST

Scope Of

Colonialism

Balan

ce of

Powe

r

Said’s Interpretati

on of Orientalism

-East is just more than just a idea with no

corresponding reality

-Its is irresponsible to discount The control West exercised over

these societies

Said differentiates …types of society and how cultural

influence is derived.

According to

Antonio Gramsci

A Political society is??A Civil society is ??

Three Realities …Closer to Solution

Differentiating between Pure and Political Knowledge

1

The proposition of his Methodological Devices

2

1- Strategic Location2- Strategic Formation

Final reality said calls is Personal Dimensions.

3

“The starting point of critical elaboration is the consciousness of what one really is, and knowing thy

self”

EDWARD QOUTED Gramci saying …

Unlearn cultural dominance

Concept of orientalism

BRITIAN’s Relationship with EGYPT

ORIENTAL’s

-Irrational

-STRANGE

-ABNORMAL

-LEAST POWER AND

KNOWLEDGE

OCCIDENTA

L’s -RATIONAL

-SUPERIOR

-NORMAL

-POWER AND

KNOWLEDGE

SCOPE OF ORIENTALISM

-MILITARY AND ECONOMICALLY DOMINANT CULTURE RESULTS

IN A DISASTOUR …

KNOWING

ORIENATLS

BALFOUR POINT OF VIEW IDEA OF INFERIORITY AND SUPERIORITY

BRISTISHER’S WITH EGYPTIAN’S

COMER POINT OF VIEW

RAISED EGYPT IN ORIENTAL NATION…

“THAT THE REAL FUTURE OF EGYPT LIES NOT IN THE DIRECTION OF A NARROW NATIONALISM,WHICH WILL ONLY EMBRACE NATIVE EGYPTIAN BUT RATHER IN THAT OF AN ENLARGED

COSMOPOLITANISM “

Comer Asserted :

Arabs (oriental ) shown to be….

“Devoid of energy and initiative”“Lethargic and suspicious”

Belfour & Comer

described Orientals childlike different

European’s are ration virtue

mature

Kissinger point of view

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURES

1- CREATING A BATTLEFRONT THAT SEPERATES THEM 2-INVITING WEST TO CONROL AND GOVERN

GLIDDEN POINT OF VIEW

“It is a notable fact that while the Arab value

system demands absolute solidarity within the

group, it at the same time encourages among

its members a kind of rivalry that is destructive

of that very solidarity

Conclusion

The middle East and Asia are viewed with Prejudice and Racism.

They are unaware of of their own culture and history.