Occidentalism
The West in the Eyes of its Enemies
by Ian Buruma, Avishai Margalit

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Author(s)

Ian Buruma, Avishai Margalit

Publication

London : Penguin, 2005

Scope

168 Pages, 19.5 cm.

Carrier

monograph

ISBN

9780143034872

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Ocidentalism is a thought-provoking analysis of the stereotypes and misunderstandings about the Western world that ignite anti-Western political movements, tracing the roots and evolution of such phenomena and examining why they have found a ready host in the Islamic world. The term 'Occidentalism' is used to refer to images of 'The West' in one of two main ways: a. stereotyped and sometimes dehumanizing views on the Western world; and b, ideologies or visions of the West developed in either the West or non-West. The former definition stresses negative constructions of the West and is often focused on the Islamic world. The latter approach has a broader range and includes both positive and negative representations. The term was used in the latter sense by James G. Carrier in his book Occidentalism: Images of the West. The term is an inversion of ‘Orientalism’, Edward Said’s label for stereotyped Western views of the East.

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Keywords

(in)equity

Location

Cabinet 29 - 6: Expanded Space ; Global Art ; Theorie