Comments on: Iraqis in Syria, Orientalism and The Economist http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/28/iraqis-in-syria-orientalism-and-the-economist/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EM http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/28/iraqis-in-syria-orientalism-and-the-economist/#comment-4943 EM Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:21:53 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5120#comment-4943 Hi Sasa, Said defines Orientalism as a created body of theory and practice for which, for many generations, there has been a considerable material investment for the production and domination of the "orient" and, subsequently, the "oriental". The romanticized "orient" was a product of knowledgeable manipulations and it just happens that the "oriental" realized that instrumentalizing that image would make ends meet (tourism), and in the process started to believe that this is what he really is or ought to be... The author has a point but, from what I read, fails to go beyond the obvious in his analysis. Hi Sasa,

Said defines Orientalism as a created body of theory and practice for which, for many generations, there has been a considerable material investment for the production and domination of the “orient” and, subsequently, the “oriental”. The romanticized “orient” was a product of knowledgeable manipulations and it just happens that the “oriental” realized that instrumentalizing that image would make ends meet (tourism), and in the process started to believe that this is what he really is or ought to be… The author has a point but, from what I read, fails to go beyond the obvious in his analysis.

]]> By: Analitikis http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/09/28/iraqis-in-syria-orientalism-and-the-economist/#comment-4927 Analitikis Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:42:21 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5120#comment-4927 Hi Sasa, Said defines Orientalism as a created body of theory and practice for which, for many generations, there has been a considerable material investment for the production and domination of the "orient" and, subsequently, the "oriental". The romanticized "orient" was a product of knowledgeable manipulations and it just happens that the "oriental" realized that instrumentalizing that image would make ends meet (tourism), and in the process started to believe that this is what he really is or ought to be... The author has a point but, from what I read, fails to go beyond the obvious in his analysis. Hi Sasa,

Said defines Orientalism as a created body of theory and practice for which, for many generations, there has been a considerable material investment for the production and domination of the “orient” and, subsequently, the “oriental”. The romanticized “orient” was a product of knowledgeable manipulations and it just happens that the “oriental” realized that instrumentalizing that image would make ends meet (tourism), and in the process started to believe that this is what he really is or ought to be… The author has a point but, from what I read, fails to go beyond the obvious in his analysis.

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