The Orient

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The orient is a concept which refers to [[Edward Said]]s [[orientalism]]. He came up with this in his book 'orientalism' which was publiced in 1978. This book has been very influencial and controversial in studies of [[post-colonialism]]. In orientalism is clear distinction made between us and them. In this distinction 'us' refers to the western world and 'them' refers to the Middle-East. The orient corresponds to 'them'; the western world creates an image of the others, 'them'. This mirrors the orient as an traditional and exotic in comparison with the west, which is precived as modern and progressive (Williams et al., 2009). The western world uses this picture to construct their own identity, which is everything the orient is missing. One can say that this is a proces of cultural [[othering]] (Kramsch, personal communication, 2012). == References == Kramsch, O.T. (2012) Spatial action; Spatial Turn 3 Edward Said & Derek Gregory Williams, G., Meth, P. & Willis, K. (2009) ''Geographies of developing areas, the global south in a changing world''. Routledge ---- Created by Malou van Woerkum, 17-10-2012

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