Orientalism

Surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs.

Studiaza istoria si natura atitudinilor occidentale fata de Orient, considerand orientalismul ca o creatie ideologica europeana puternica - o modalitate prin care scriitorii, filozofii si administratorii coloniali se confrunta cu ,,alteritatea" culturii, obiceiurilor si credintelor orientale.