29 Nisan 2010 Perşembe

What is Orientalism? What is Inner Orieantalism?


As a notion orientalism is being used to describe Western people's and traditions' opinions towards to East since 18th and 19th centuries. Orientalism mostly includes prejudices of Western traditions and people which is shaped by the attitudes of European imperialisim towards to outsider interpretations of the East.

Basically orientalism refers to the way in which non-Western (especially Asian) cultures are perceived in the West, by scholars, writers, thinkers, politicians and society at large. Orientalism involves the use of generalizations and stereotypes to describe what Orientalist thinkers understood as the exotic nature of the Far East.

In our opinions, Orientalism is like Western's misunderstanding towards the East. And it is showing Asia as an eccentric and backward place.

Inner orientalism is kind of a orientalism which occurs because of the discriminations according to people's root in one country, especially in multiethnic countries, like Turkey. We think some peoples in society and media instigate it, and makes it even worse.

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