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Tag Archives: Orientalism
Bernard Lewis (1916-2018): “He’s been Bibi’s confidant and Edward Said’s nemesis (of whom he said, “It’s hard to know where ignorance ends and deceit begins”), but mostly, he’s been the voice of clarity in a region of distorted facts and fabrications”
JNS Bernard Lewis: 100 Years in the Making by Yonoson Rosenblum May 22, 2018 …In 1976, he published an article in Commentary, “The Return of Islam,” that broke with the prevailing orthodoxy that the Middle East was rapidly headed toward a future … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Bernard Lewis, Edward Said, Orientalism
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The Political Nature of Today’s Middle East Studies
NATIONAL REVIEW by Andrew C. McCarthy August 10, 2015 ….[Edward] Said was a fitting pioneer for such a fraud. To begin with, he was a professor not of Middle East Studies but of comparative literature. Moreover, the personal history he … Continue reading
The Postcolonial Rot Spreads Beyond Middle East Studies
FRONT PAGE MAG by Bruce Thornton June 15, 2015 In theory, Middle East Studies programs are a good idea. One of the biggest impediments to countering modern jihadism has been the lack of historical knowledge about the region and Islam. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ivory Towers on Sand, Martin Kramer, Middle East Studies, Orientalism
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