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'''Neo-orientalism''' is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe modern incarnations of Orientalist thinking. The term is often used in academic literature to critique Western attitudes to Islam and the Islamic world post 9/11.<ref>Tuastad, Dag (2003) 'Neo-Orientalism and the new barbarism thesis: Aspects of symbolic violence in the Middle East conflict(s)', ''Third World Quarterly'', 24: 4, 591-599.</ref> |
'''Neo-orientalism''' is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe modern incarnations of [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] thinking. The term is often used in academic literature to critique Western attitudes to Islam and the Islamic world post 9/11.<ref>Tuastad, Dag (2003) 'Neo-Orientalism and the new barbarism thesis: Aspects of symbolic violence in the Middle East conflict(s)', ''Third World Quarterly'', 24: 4, 591-599.</ref> |
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According to Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams, though the term neo-Orientalism marks a change from [[Orientalism|classical Orientalism]], it nevertheless shares similarities with. For example, neo-Orientalism is, like Orientalism, "monolithic, totalizing, reliant on a binary logic, and based on an assumption of moral and cultural superiority over the Oriental other." Neo-Orientalism should thus be understood more as "a supplement to enduring modes or Orientalist representation".<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams: On Neo-Orientalism, Today|url = http://www.entekhabi.org/Texts/Neo_Orientalism_Today.htm|website = www.entekhabi.org|accessdate = 2015-09-27|date = 2012}}</ref> |
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Neo-orientalism is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe modern incarnations of Orientalist thinking. The term is often used in academic literature to critique Western attitudes to Islam and the Islamic world post 9/11.[1]
According to Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams, though the term neo-Orientalism marks a change from classical Orientalism, it nevertheless shares similarities with. For example, neo-Orientalism is, like Orientalism, "monolithic, totalizing, reliant on a binary logic, and based on an assumption of moral and cultural superiority over the Oriental other." Neo-Orientalism should thus be understood more as "a supplement to enduring modes or Orientalist representation".[2]
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References
- ^ Tuastad, Dag (2003) 'Neo-Orientalism and the new barbarism thesis: Aspects of symbolic violence in the Middle East conflict(s)', Third World Quarterly, 24: 4, 591-599.
- ^ "Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams: On Neo-Orientalism, Today". www.entekhabi.org. 2012. Retrieved 2015-09-27.