Reassessing Orientalism Interlocking Orientologies during the Cold War [Hardcover]

Orientalism as a concept was first applied to Western colonial views of the East. Subsequently, different types of orientalism were discovered but the premise was that these took their lead from Western-style orientalism, applying it in different circumstances. This book, on the other hand, argues that the diffusion of interpretations and techniques in orientalism was not uni-directional, and that the different orientologies  Western, Soviet and oriental orientologies  were interlocked, in such a way that a change in any one of them affected the others; that the different orientologies did not develop in isolation from each other; and that, importantly, those being orientalised were active, not passive, players in shaping how the views of themselves were developed.

1. Introduction: Interlocking Orientologies in the Cold War Era Artemy M. Kalinovsky and Michael Kemper  Part 1: Origins and Comparisons  2. Orients Compared: US and Soviet Imaginaries of the Modern Middle East Masha Kirasirova  Part 2: Transfers  3. From Tents to Citadels: The Transfer of Oriental Archaeology to Soviet Kazakhstan Alfrid K. Bustanov  4. Ulama-Orientalists: Madrasa Graduates at the Soviet Institute of Oriental Studies Bakhtiyar M. Babajanov  5. Because of our Commercial Intercourse and Bringing about a Better Understanding Between the Two Peoples : A History of Japanese Studies in the United States Ruud Janssens  Part 3: Competition and Conflict  6. Competing National Orientalisms: The Cases of Belgrade and Sarajevo Armina Omerika  7. Propaganda for the East, Scholarship for the West: Soviet Strategies at the 1960 International Congress of Orientalists in Moscow Michael Kemper  8. Encouraging Rló-