Neo-orientalism

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.

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".

See also

• Orientalism