1. Research Library

        Orientalism

        Edward Said

        Penguin 2003

        ISBN 9780141187426

      1. One of the most influential and defining analyses of colonialism, empire, and the ‘othering’ of non-western culture by the West as constitutive of the intellectual and military dominance of vast territories outside Europe, Said’s book focuses on western perceptions of the ‘Orient’ and its evidence in art, music, and literature as well as real politik. A classic.