Imaginierte Geographien

Reanalyzing the work of Eward Said the essay illuminates the complexity and fractured formation of Orientalism as a constellation of power, knowledge and geography. In doing so the author reconstructs Saids's geographical imagination and its groundings in both a specific intellectual bio...

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Main Author: Derek Gregory
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: StudienVerlag 1995-08-01
Series:Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften
Online Access:https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oezg/article/view/5598
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spelling doaj-9c1ac973a79d4877a541c576898886852021-03-18T20:50:10ZdeuStudienVerlagÖsterreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften1016-765X2707-966X1995-08-016310.25365/oezg-1995-6-3-3Imaginierte GeographienDerek Gregory0Department of Geography, University of British Columbia Reanalyzing the work of Eward Said the essay illuminates the complexity and fractured formation of Orientalism as a constellation of power, knowledge and geography. In doing so the author reconstructs Saids's geographical imagination and its groundings in both a specific intellectual biography and the current situation in Palestine. In a second step Gramsci and Foucault are invoked, in order to emphasize the importance of spatial sensivity for Said's work. In a close analysis of the Description de l'gypt and the Cairo premiere of Verdi's opera Aida the author reworks Said's main theme, in order to reinforce the physicality and materiality of his argument. https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oezg/article/view/5598
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description Reanalyzing the work of Eward Said the essay illuminates the complexity and fractured formation of Orientalism as a constellation of power, knowledge and geography. In doing so the author reconstructs Saids's geographical imagination and its groundings in both a specific intellectual biography and the current situation in Palestine. In a second step Gramsci and Foucault are invoked, in order to emphasize the importance of spatial sensivity for Said's work. In a close analysis of the Description de l'gypt and the Cairo premiere of Verdi's opera Aida the author reworks Said's main theme, in order to reinforce the physicality and materiality of his argument.
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