{"product_id":"restating-orientalism-9780231187626","title":"Restating Orientalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWael B. Hallaq takes critique of Orientalism as a point of departure for rethinking the modern project. A remarkably ambitious attempt to overturn the foundations of a wide range of academic disciplines, \u003ci\u003eRestating Orientalism \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the depth of academia’s lethal complicity in modern forms of capitalism, colonialism, and hegemonic power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoing beyond the questions of representations of the Orient, Hallaq's work expands the scope of the critical discussion on Orientalism to reexamine the epistemological foundations of modern historical social sciences. -- Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eIt is becoming increasingly evident among decolonial thinkers that colonial management (with or without colonies, with or without settlers) is a question of controlling and managing knowledge, and that power differential is implicit in agents, institutions, and languages of epistemic governance. Wael B. Hallaq brilliantly drives us, through a meticulous reading of Edward Said’s \u003ci\u003eOrientalism,\u003c\/i\u003e to the awareness that domination is grounded on epistemic sovereignty and that liberation is unthinkable without epistemic freedom. -- Walter Mignolo, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a brilliant interrogation of Said's famous concept, highlighting the extent which the issue of Orientalism is not simply one of problematic European authors, but instead goes to the heart of how the modern project itself constitutes subjects, knowledge, and power.  In this way, Hallaq argues that confronting Orientalism means confronting the forms of violences that have marked modernity and been justified and reproduced across the academic disciplines.  This provocative work raises profound and challenging questions about academia and about the contemporary self.  It is essential reading and will be debated by scholars for years to come. -- Aziz Rana, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Two Faces of American Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf anyone is going to provide a nuanced and well thought-out critique, it would surely be Professor Hallaq. \u003ci\u003eRestating Orientalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a labour of love and Professor Hallaq is clearly very fond of Edward Said and his intellectual insights. -- Usman Butt * TheNewArab *\u003cbr\u003eHallaq’s \u003ci\u003eRestating Orientalism\u003c\/i\u003e has much to recommend it. It is a welcome and much-needed addition to the project of decolonizing the Western academy currently underway across the humanities and social sciences. As such, his book should appeal to a broad audience indeed. -- Evgenia Ilieva * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003eThe most far-reaching and detailed, but sympathetic, critique of \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e in the entire field. -- Bryan S. Turner * International Journal of Middle East Studies *\u003cbr\u003eHis challenge to humanities scholars focused on the non-West is clear. * Journal of Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Putting Orientalism in Its Place\u003cbr\u003e2. Knowledge, Power, and Colonial Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e3. The Subversive Author\u003cbr\u003e4. Epistemic Sovereignty and Structural Genocide\u003cbr\u003e5. Refashioning Orientalism, Refashioning the Subject\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864259572055,"sku":"9780231187626","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231187626.jpg?v=1722271115","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/restating-orientalism-9780231187626","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}