Orientalism

Suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate students of Modern history, Imperial history, Inter-cultural Studies, Oriental Studies, Asian Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, and Politics. Charting the history of the vigorous debate about the nature of orientalism, this timely account revisits the arguments and surveys the case studies inspired by that debate.

Alexander Lyon Macfie has written widely on the modern history of the Near and Middle East. His books include The Eastern Question (1996), The End of the Ottoman Empire (1998) and Orientalism: A Reader (2000).

Acknowledgements Map PART ONE: BACKGROUND 1. Introduction - Orientalism in Crisis PART TWO: ANALYSIS 2. The Rise of Orientalism 3. The Orientalis-Anglicist Controversy 4. Orientalism in the Arts 5. The Assault on Orientalism 6. Responses to the Assault on Orientalism 7. Case Studies 8. Exit from Orientalism - Orientalism Reconsidered PART THREE: ASSESSMENT 9. Questions of Fact, Definition and Significance Chronology Who's Who Guide to Further Reading Bibliography Index