Di Nuoscio, Aurora (A.A. 2023/2024) Edward Said’s Orientalism: from traditional Western perspectives to American foreign policy. Tesi di Laurea in Contemporary history, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Federico Niglia, pp. 76. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

The theory of Orientalism. Orientalism as a “mechanism of fabrication of the other”. The Orient as a “bizarre space”. Orientalism as the product of the cultural hegemony of the West. The three meanings of Orientalism. The role of culture as a means of justifying domination. “Latent Orientalism” and “manifest Orientalism”. Said’s analysis of the evolution of Orientalism from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Said and the foucauldian interpretation of Orientalism. British and French Orientalism. Orientalism in the works of British writer Edward William Lane. Silvestre de Sacy and Orientalism as a pedagogical discipline. Ernest Renan and philological Orientalism. Karl Marx's contribution to Orientalism. The shift from European to American domination and modern Orientalism. The radical Orientalism of Bernard Lewis. Henry Kissinger and the US-Orient bipolarity. Modern Orientalism as a construction of the “self” and the “other”. Critical perspectives on Orientalism. What is the proper approach to other cultures? Bernard Lewis: Orientalism as a masochistic desire for flagellation. Fred Halliday: Orientalism as the hypostatization of both the dominator and the dominated. Jalal al-Azm: the critique of Marx and Orientalism in reverse. Daniel Pipes: Orientalism screams with pain. Ibn Warraq: defending the West. Robert Irwin: errors and inconsistencies. Univocal criticisms. The theory of Orientalism in the American political-academic debate. The influence of Orientalism in American foreign policy. From Orientalism to neo-Orientalism. Political Islam as an anti-hegemonic ideology. Samuel Huntington and the clash of civilizations. Case study: the first Gulf war and US hegemony. 9/11 as a turning point and divide in the interpretations of American Orientalism.

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Bibliografia e sitografia: pp. 73-76.

Thesis Type:	Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Politics: Philosophy and Economics (L-36)
Chair:	Contemporary history
Thesis Supervisor:	Niglia, Federico
Academic Year:	2023/2024
Session:	Summer
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2024 09:27
Last Modified:	03 Oct 2024 09:27
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/39877

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