Said's Orientalism and Textual Domination
에드워드 사이드의 오리엔탈리즘
A foundational postcolonial humanities thesis demonstrating how Western literary, academic, and political representations systematically constructed the "Orient" as an exotic, inferior Other to legitimize imperial hegemony.
| Field | Literature & Literary Theory · Cultural Studies · History |
|---|---|
| Level of analysis | Macro · Structures & Institutions |
| Paradigm | Post-Structuralism Critical Theory |
| Key figures | 👤 Edward W. Said (에드워드 사이드) |
| Year | 1978 |
Key Claims
Edward Said exposed Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient. Drawing on Foucault’s discourse theory, he showed that imaginative literature and philology produced an epistemological divide between the rational Occident and the backward Orient.
Further Reading
- Said, E. W. (1978). Orientalism. Pantheon Books.
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