Orientalism functioned like bureaucracy, treating humans as occasions for files

Evidence

Without what he called spirit and style, the mind could “get lost in archaeology”: he was referring to a sort of regimented antiquarianism by which the exotic and the strange would get formulated into lexicons, codes, and finally clichés of the kind he was to ridicule in the Dictionnaire des idées reçues. Under the influence of such an attitude the world would be “regulated like a college. Teachers will be the law. Everyone will be in uniform.” — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 487 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Orientalism evolved from personal observation into institutional and governmental management — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 501; Orientalism disciplined the exotic into lexicons, codes, and clichés — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 487; Imperial agents are the counterpart to bureaucratic Orientalist institutions

Related

• Orientalism disciplined the exotic into lexicons, codes, and clichés (similarity 0.90)
• Orientalism operates as radical realism, enumerative rhetoric, and paranoia. (similarity 0.89)
• Oriental tales circulated widely in English literature across two centuries (similarity 0.87)
• Imperial agents are the counterpart to bureaucratic Orientalist institutions (similarity 0.86)
• Indo-European philology grounded European languages in a harmless Oriental source. (similarity 0.86)
• Policy jargon like modernization and stability masks old Orientalist stereotypes (similarity 0.84)
• Orientalism evolved from personal observation into institutional and governmental management (similarity 0.84)
• Naming someone an Oriental was also an act of derogation (similarity 0.84)
• Orientalism became a managerial code through which Europe interpreted itself. (similarity 0.83)
• Orientalism operates as both an academic discipline and a repository of cultural images (similarity 0.82)
• Classification into an encyclopedia entry neutralizes the threat of heresy (similarity 0.81)
• Anthology selection masks the Orientalist’s editorial censorship as natural typicality (similarity 0.81)
• Orientalism functioned as a regulated knowledge system for acquiring and disseminating Oriental material (similarity 0.81)
• The word ‘Oriental’ alone invoked a fixed, unchallengeable body of knowledge (similarity 0.81)
• Orientalism metamorphosed from scholarly discourse into an imperial institution (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Orientalism disciplined the exotic into lexicons, codes, and clichés #expands (0.78) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 487