Orientalism in war and peace: the politics of academic scholarship during the long twentieth century

David Nugent

Third World Quarterly, 2021, vol. 42, issue 11, 2521-2537

Abstract: In this paper I explore the relationship between Orientalism, empire-building and the development of the social sciences in the US during the long twentieth century. I focus on the construction of a series of academic infrastructures that the sponsors of the social sciences have underwritten to produce knowledge about the Others of empire. I am especially concerned with the role of these academic infrastructures in concealing imperial domination and in Orientalising imperial subjects. I trace the historical development of the infrastructures and explore the dilemmas they create for scholars who seek to critique processes in which they are unavoidably involved.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2021.1913405

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