| Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War Contributor(s): Kemper, Michael (Editor), Kalinovsky, Artemy M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138795143 ISBN-13: 9781138795143 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Regional Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2014029456 |
| Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europ |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9.2" (1.45 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Orientalism as a concept was first applied to Western colonial views of the East. Subsequently, different types of orientalism were discovered but the premise was that these took their lead from Western-style orientalism, applying it in different circumstances. This book, on the other hand, argues that the diffusion of interpretations and techniques in orientalism was not uni-directional, and that the different orientologies - Western, Soviet and oriental orientologies - were interlocked, in such a way that a change in any one of them affected the others; that the different orientologies did not develop in isolation from each other; and that, importantly, those being orientalised were active, not passive, players in shaping how the views of themselves were developed. |