An Analysis on the Strengths and Weaknesses of Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism

• 作者: 乐冰洁
• 来源期刊: 海外英语
• 学科: 历史
• 关键词: EDWARD SAID ORIENTALISM STRENGTH WEAKNESS postcolonial studies
• 年，卷（期）: 2015,（10）
• 页码范围: 173-175
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: K107.8

摘要

In Orientalism,the author Edward W.Said stated that the Orient is negatively defined and serves to support the West’ssuperiority and strength.Citing a number of discourses and texts in the book,he broke the boundary between knowledge and poli-tics,and further examined how the knowledge that the Western colonial powers shaped about the Orient assisted to make a de-praved picture of the colonies,to justify their colonial ambition and suppression.Nevertheless,although Said attempted to explainthe selection of the oriental area in his discussion,a vast area of the Far East,such as China and Japan is excluded.Furthermore,he regarded the Orient as a completely passive colony,and negated any resistance from the Orient.

作者信息

序号	姓名	单位	发文数	被引次数	H指数	G指数
1	乐冰洁		3	1	1.0	1.0