Work

Orientalism

1978
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Said's analysis of how the West produced 'the Orient' as an imaginative geography of difference and domination grounds postcolonial critiques of how architecture and space are represented, exoticised and ruled.

Power Memory Fantasy

Details

Type
Text

Classifications

Holder
Individual
Source of authority
ReasonObservation
Subject
Human centred
Political position
Subaltern resistant
Mode of transmission
Text drawing
Knowledge type
Propositional
Epistemic cluster
Western philosophical

Connections

Referenced by

Sources

  1. Edward W. Said. Orientalism. Pantheon Books, 1978.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Orientalism." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/orientalism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.