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who likes edward said

I do

talk to me you ignorant bastards

>> No.1970223
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>>1970201
>>1970201

i thought he was pretty good in that essay 'the world, the text and the critic' but need to read more stuff on Occidentalism and Orientalism

>> No.1970253

Edward Said is a liar of the worst order, and was responsible for bastardizing middle eastern studies and inculcating it with political correctness. See Ibn Warraq's refutation of Said's Orientalism (defending the west).

>> No.1970268

>>1970223
read Orientalism, but stay away from Occidentalism by Ian Buruman & Avishi Margalit, until after you have read Said's Orientalism

basically Occadentalism is a mess of butthurt: "whaaaa"
"but they do it to us too"

ive not read a critacism of Said's Orientalism that could hold water, basically anyone who argues with him is ignoring his point and picking at details
basically they cant see the forest for the trees

Islam and the West by Bernard Lewis is another one of these butthurt retorts to Saids slay-mode

read all sides of the story and youll do fine

>> No.1970274

>>1970253
>defending the west
tell me more before I go off

>> No.1970551

I fucking love Orientalism. It was such a breath of fresh air to get a humanist perspective on 'the east' instead of the usual reactionary platitudes that both ther ight and left are guilty of maintaining.