Orientalism’s parity with empire caused the sole crisis in its history

Evidence

The scope of Orientalism exactly matched the scope of empire, and it was this absolute unanimity between the two that provoked the only crisis in the history of Western thought about and dealings with the Orient. And this crisis continues now. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 292

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 292
• XREF: connects to: Orientalism metamorphosed from scholarly discourse into an imperial institution — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 265; Orientalism is a political doctrine imposed because the Orient was weaker — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 510; Orientalism expanded from scholarly practice to signify imperialist ideology (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Orientalism metamorphosed from scholarly discourse into an imperial institution — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 265; Orientalism is a political doctrine imposed because the Orient was weaker — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 510; Orientalism expanded from scholarly practice to signify imperialist ideology (+1 more)