Occidentalism/ Orientalism in Reverse: The West in the Eyes of Modern Arab Intellectuals

Authors : Mohammed Abdullah Hussein MUHARRAM

Pages : 43-54

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Publication Date : 2014-04-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The Occidental Studies Unit at the King Faisal Center for Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia is an indication of the interest of the Arab-Islamic World in “Occidentalism”. But what is Occidentalism? Does it really exist as a phenomenon that is opposed to Orientalism ? And how do Arab literary and non-literary writers view the West? In this article, I begin by exploring different views of Arab and western thinkers towards the existence of the phenomenon of “Occidentalism” or “orientalism in reverse” the dehumanized representation of the west , in an attempt to find a partial answer to the question some American intellectuals have been asking since 11 September 2001: why do they hate us?
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