The Dual Legacy of Orientalism

Vivek Chibber

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The Dual Legacy of Orientalism

Vivek Chibber

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In this chapter I will suggest that whatever his own commitments, Orientalism prefigured, and hence encouraged, some of the central dogmas of postcolonial studies - indeed, the very ones that cannot withstand scrutiny. And despite its very many strengths, its legacy is therefore a dual one - propelling the critique of imperialism into the very heart of the mainstream, on the one hand, and giving strength to intellectual fashions that have undermined the possibility of that very critique, on the other.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	After Said
Subtitle of host publication	Postcolonial Literary Studies in the Twenty-First Century
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	37-52
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108554251
ISBN (Print)	9781108429177
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554251.003
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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