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'''Orientalism''' means the study of the Orient (Asia) by Western scholars, and their evaluation of its social and moral values, and its future prospects.  In recent decades scholarship has responded to the arguments of [[Edward Said]] (1978), who denounced much of Orientalism as contaminated by the biases of Western imperialism.   

'''Orientalism''' means the study of the Orient (Asia) by Western scholars, and their evaluation of its social and moral values, and its future prospects.  In recent decades scholarship has responded to the arguments of [[Edward Said]] (1978), who denounced much of Orientalism as contaminated by the biases of Western [[imperialism]].   

===Edward Said and Orientalism===

===Edward Said and Orientalism===