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Title Occidentalisms. Images of 'the West' in Egypt
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1887/13800
Date 2009
Author(s) Woltering, Robbert Antonius Fransiscus Leonardus
Abstract This thesis researches images of 'the West' in contemporary Egyptian non-fiction. These images - or: Occidentalisms - are found to have a history going back to the early nineteenth century, and are clearly related to political and social developments in Egypt and the wider Arab world, in which European and other Western powers have played a role. Occidentalisms are additionally found to be influenced by the ideological background from which the images are crafted. This is shown by a threefold analysis in which Islamist, Liberal and Nationalist-Leftist publications are analyzed and compared. Three contemporary intellectuals are made to stand as representatives of each ideological discourse, respectively: Muhammad Imara; Rida Hilal; and Galal Amin. Their work is researched in order to gain an in-depth understanding of how the West is imagined, whereas the other material provides a broad overview. The book ends with a comparison of Orientalism and Occidentalism.
Subject(s) Orientalism; Occidentalism; Image Studies; Egypt; Galal Amin; Muhammad Imara; Rida Hilal; The West; Imagology; Egyptian intellectuals
Language en
Publisher International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), Faculty of Arts, Leiden University
Type of publication Doctoral thesis
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Repository Leiden - Africanists at University of Leiden
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