Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War
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.

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Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War
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.

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Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War

Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War

Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War

Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138795143
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 02/09/2015
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
Pages: 246
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Kemper is Professor of Eastern European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Artemy M. Kalinovsky is Assistant Professor in the European Studies Department at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Interlocking Orientologies in the Cold War Era Part 1: Origins and Comparisons 2. Orients Compared: US and Soviet Imaginaries of the Modern Middle East Part 2: Transfers 3. From Tents to Citadels: The Transfer of Oriental Archaeology to Soviet Kazakhstan 4. ‘Ulama’-Orientalists: Madrasa Graduates at the Soviet Institute of Oriental Studies 5. "Because of our Commercial Intercourse and Bringing about a Better Understanding Between the Two Peoples": A History of Japanese Studies in the United States Part 3: Competition and Conflict 6. Competing National Orientalisms: The Cases of Belgrade and Sarajevo 7. Propaganda for the East, Scholarship for the West: Soviet Strategies at the 1960 International Congress of Orientalists in Moscow 8. Encouraging Resistance: Paul Henze, the Bennigsen School, and the Crisis of Détente

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