Re:‘Orientalism,’ Then and Now
by mxfh on Monday May 27, 2019 @06:11PM
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That's what Said's book is for and it couldn't be much clearer:
"Not for nothing did Islam come to symbolize terror, devastation, the demonic. hordes of hated barbarians. For Europe. Islam was a lasting trauma. Until the end of the seventeenth century the "Ottoman peril" lurked alongside Europe to represent for the whole of Christian civilization a constant danger"
The article reflects on the impact the book had since publication, it's not even close to be mistaken for an introduction or recollection of the whole topic.
"Not for nothing did Islam come to symbolize terror, devastation, the demonic. hordes of hated barbarians. For Europe. Islam was a lasting trauma. Until the end of the seventeenth century the "Ottoman peril" lurked alongside Europe to represent for the whole of Christian civilization a constant danger"
The article reflects on the impact the book had since publication, it's not even close to be mistaken for an introduction or recollection of the whole topic.
https://books.google.de/books?id=npF5BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA59&dq=Not...