tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post6680193578700916023..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Some Critiques of Edward Said’s OrientalismLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-83740637204897421722016-01-05T10:19:30.832-08:002016-01-05T10:19:30.832-08:00Upon rereading my above comment, I do feel the nee...Upon rereading my above comment, I do feel the need to clarify that I wasn't trying to imply that Irwin disagreed with Lewis's work, or his importance to the field, with the caricature comment.SHNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-59094916289402633132016-01-05T08:58:11.876-08:002016-01-05T08:58:11.876-08:00Thanks for this, LK. My shaken faith has become a ...Thanks for this, LK. My shaken faith has become a clear rejection of Said's thesis-the fact that he ignored the German orientalists pretty much sealed the deal. Irwin pointing to Bernard Lewis as exactly the type of caricature of an Orientalist that Said was attacking-and noted Lewis as an exception, not a rule-also made it easier to reject Said's thesis. <br /><br />There's a bit of an irony that those who accept the thesis in Orientalism (rightly) reject the ignorant notion of Islamic culture as some monolith, and yet don't seem to realize how they are making the same mistake when they paint all Orientalists with the same brush.SHNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-80143457552584207002016-01-04T19:32:14.956-08:002016-01-04T19:32:14.956-08:00Interesting interview. Embarrassing woman at the e...Interesting interview. Embarrassing woman at the end, with her ridiculous special pleading.<br />Said's reputation is higher in the bullshit subjects, such as sociology or English, where evidence has been a foreign concept these past few decades. <br />This is as you say another form of the post modernist dodge, which reminds me of the logical positivists. <br />Good post. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.com