{"id":26801,"title":"Edward Said, \"Orientalism\"","dimensions":"24 x 16.2 x 3.7 cm","date_begin":"1978-01-01","material":"paper, ink","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection MHKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Said, Orientalism, 1978\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nPublished by Pantheon Books\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nFirst edition\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"orientalism","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/060/927/medium_500/VVG0_26.jpg?1598431154","cached_actor_names":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/060/927/large/VVG0_26.jpg?1598431154","poster_credits":"scan: (c) M HKA, ​​​​​​​Published by Pantheon Books","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Said (1935-2003) was not only a literary scholar, but also an outspoken activist for the Palestinian cause. The central argument in \u003cem\u003eOrientalism\u003c/em\u003e, his most important book, is that \u0026lsquo;orientalism\u0026rsquo; present in disciplines such as history, anthropology and linguistics enables \u0026#39;the West\u0026#39; to steer and dominate \u0026#39;the East\u0026#39; politically, sociologically, scientifically and culturally. Western writers and academics create the representation of the Orient, starting from a series of contradictions: Western rationality vs. Eastern irrationality, Western productivity vs. Eastern laziness, Western self-control vs. Eastern impulsivity. Said characterises this representation of \u0026#39;the oriental\u0026#39; as extremely racist. According to Said, orientalism is in no way objective or scientific, but is part and parcel of the might, imperialism and colonial rule of the great European powers, and later the United States of America. Based on Michel Foucault\u0026#39;s concept of\u0026nbsp;\u0026#39;discourse\u0026#39; and Antonio Gramsci\u0026#39;s \u0026#39;cultural hegemony\u0026#39;, Said emphasises the intimate and often problematic relationship between the producer of culture and their object of research. The tension between ruler and ruled, the self and \u0026#39;the Other\u0026#39; and the fallacy that Said detects in approaching any culture as a homogeneous, unchanging monoculture, still play an influential role in postcolonial thinking today.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u0026ldquo;Perhaps the most important task of all would be to undertake studies in contemporary alternatives to Orientalism, to ask how one can study other cultures and peoples from a libertarian, or a nonrepressive and nonmanipulative, perspective. But then one would have to rethink the whole complex problem of knowledge and power.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Said (1935-2003) was naast literatuurwetenschapper ook een uitgesproken activist voor de Palestijnse zaak. Het centrale argument in zijn belangrijkste boek \u003cem\u003eOrientalism \u003c/em\u003eis dat het ori\u0026euml;ntalisme binnen disciplines als geschiedenis, antropologie en taalkunde \u0026lsquo;het Westen\u0026rsquo; in staat stelt \u0026lsquo;het Oosten\u0026rsquo; politiek, sociologisch, wetenschappelijk en cultureel te (be)sturen en te domineren. Het zijn westerse schrijvers en academici die de voorstelling van de Ori\u0026euml;nt cre\u0026euml;ren vanuit een reeks tegenstellingen: westerse rationaliteit en oosterse irrationaliteit, westerse productiviteit en oosterse luiheid, westerse zelfbeheersing en oosterse impulsiviteit. Said karakteriseert deze voorstelling van \u0026lsquo;de oosterling\u0026rsquo; als uiterst racistisch. Ori\u0026euml;ntalisme is volgens hem dan ook op geen enkele manier objectief of wetenschappelijk. Het staat in functie van de macht, het imperialisme en de koloniale overheersing van de grote Europese mogendheden en later de V.S.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eVanuit het concept van \u0026lsquo;discours\u0026rsquo; van Michel Foucault en \u0026lsquo;culturele hegemonie\u0026rsquo; van Antonio Gramsci benadrukt Said de intieme en vaak problematische relatie tussen de cultuurproducent en zijn object van onderzoek. De spanning tussen de heerser en de overheerste, het zelf en \u0026lsquo;de ander\u0026rsquo; en de denkfout die Said ziet in het benaderen van eender welke cultuur als een homogene, onveranderlijke monocultuur, spelen nog steeds een rol in het postkoloniaal denken vandaag.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u0026ldquo;Wellicht de belangrijkste taak van al zou zijn om onderzoek te doen naar eigentijdse alternatieven voor het ori\u0026euml;ntalisme, te vragen hoe men andere culturen en mensen kan bestuderen vanuit een libertair, niet-onderdrukkend en niet-manipulatief perspectief. Maar dan zou met het hele ingewikkelde probleem van kennis en macht opnieuw moeten doordenken.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Sa\u0026iuml;d (1935\u0026mdash;2003) \u0026eacute;tait un th\u0026eacute;oricien litt\u0026eacute;raire et un militant d\u0026eacute;clar\u0026eacute; de la cause palestinienne. L\u0026rsquo;argument central de son livre principal \u003cem\u003eOrientalism \u003c/em\u003e(\u0026laquo; L\u0026rsquo;Orientalisme \u0026raquo;) est que l\u0026rsquo;orientalisme, en tant que concept employ\u0026eacute; dans des disciplines telles que l\u0026rsquo;histoire, l\u0026rsquo;anthropologie et la linguistique permet \u0026agrave; \u0026laquo; l\u0026rsquo;Occident \u0026raquo; de diriger et de dominer \u0026laquo; l\u0026rsquo;Orient \u0026raquo; sur les plans politique, sociologique, scientifique et culturel. Le concept d\u0026rsquo;\u0026laquo; Orient \u0026raquo; a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute; par des \u0026eacute;crivains et par des universitaires occidentaux \u0026agrave; partir de contradictions telles que : rationalit\u0026eacute; occidentale contre irrationalit\u0026eacute; orientale, productivit\u0026eacute; occidentale contre paresse orientale, maitrise de soi occidentale contre impulsivit\u0026eacute; orientale. Sa\u0026iuml;d caract\u0026eacute;rise cette repr\u0026eacute;sentation de \u0026laquo; l\u0026rsquo;Oriental \u0026raquo; comme extr\u0026ecirc;mement raciste. Selon lui, l\u0026rsquo;orientalisme n\u0026rsquo;est en aucun cas objectif ni scientifique. Il n\u0026rsquo;existe qu\u0026rsquo;en fonction de la force, de l\u0026rsquo;imp\u0026eacute;rialisme et de la domination coloniale des grandes puissances europ\u0026eacute;ennes et, plus tard, des \u0026Eacute;tats-Unis. Partant du concept de \u0026laquo; discours \u0026raquo; de Michel Foucault, et d\u0026rsquo;\u0026laquo; h\u0026eacute;g\u0026eacute;monie culturelle \u0026raquo; d\u0026rsquo;Antonio Gramsci, Sa\u0026iuml;d souligne le lien intime et souvent probl\u0026eacute;matique entre le fabricant de culture et l\u0026rsquo;objet de son \u0026eacute;tude. La tension entre dominant et domin\u0026eacute;, soi et \u0026laquo; autrui \u0026raquo;, et le vice de conception que Sa\u0026iuml;d voit dans le fait d\u0026rsquo;approcher toute culture comme une monoculture homog\u0026egrave;ne et immuable, jouent encore un r\u0026ocirc;le dans la pens\u0026eacute;e postcoloniale de nos jours.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}