Foreign thinker
Edward Said
Edward SaidLiterary theory, postcolonial studies, cultural criticismPalestinian-American1935–2003
"Orientalism is less about the East than it is about the relationship between power and knowledge."
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Edward Said was a Palestinian-American literary theorist, cultural critic, and university professor who is recognized as one of the founders of postcolonial studies. His influential book *Orientalism* had a profound impact on critiques of Western representations of the East and on contemporary cultural, literary, and political studies.
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