Orientalism’s scope was total, spanning every discipline and civilization
Evidence
Orientalist studies apparently cover everything from the editing and translation of texts to numismatic, anthropological, archaeological, sociological, economic, historical, literary, and cultural studies in every known Asiatic and North African civilization, ancient and modern. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 150
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 150
- XREF: connects to: The Orientalism charge equally applies to all modern scholarly fields.; Nineteenth-century Orientalism claimed every Asiatic civilization as its object — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 150; Every discrete Orientalist study was understood to describe the Orient as a whole — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 656 (+6 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Orientalism charge equally applies to all modern scholarly fields.; Nineteenth-century Orientalism claimed every Asiatic civilization as its object — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 150; Every discrete Orientalist study was understood to describe the Orient as a whole — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 656 (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Orientalism is uniquely a totalizing field covering an entire half of the world.
#corroborates(0.92) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 148