Orientalism, an afterword.
EW Said - Raritan, 1995 - search.ebscohost.com
EW Said
Raritan, 1995•search.ebscohost.comORIENTALISM, AN AFTERWORD ORIENTALISM, AN AFTERWORD Orientalism was
completed in the last part of 1977 and published a year later. It was (and still is) the only book
that I wrote as one continuous gesture, from research, through several drafts, to final version,
each following on the other without interruption or serious distraction. With the exception of a
wonderfully civilized and relatively burdenless year spent as a Fellow at the Stanford Center for
Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1975-6), I had very little in the way of support or …
completed in the last part of 1977 and published a year later. It was (and still is) the only book
that I wrote as one continuous gesture, from research, through several drafts, to final version,
each following on the other without interruption or serious distraction. With the exception of a
wonderfully civilized and relatively burdenless year spent as a Fellow at the Stanford Center for
Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1975-6), I had very little in the way of support or …
Abstract
Presents the reflections of the author of the bookOrientalism.'Responses to the book in the United States and England; Translation of the book in several languages; Expansion of the sense of authorship; Views on the book's alleged anti-Westernism.
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