Publication details
Orientalismus: západní formování vzdálených regionů
| Title in English | Orientalism: Western construction of distant regions |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geografické rozhledy |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | https://www.geograficke-rozhledy.cz/archiv/clanek/2927 |
| Keywords | Orientalism; discourse; imaginative geographies; Middle East; power/knowledge |
| Description | The text introduces Orientalism as a discourse based on interlocking of geographical imagination and power. It originates from Western imaginations of the Middle East, which is represented as immature and set against the mature West. Orientalist stereotypes continue to influence our imagination of postcolonial societies and legitimise Western interventions in non Western regions, including military operations. |