Orientalism operates as a systemic structure, not merely a structured system

Evidence

Unlike Said, I will argue that Orientalism is not just a structured system but also, and far more crucially, a systemic structure, which is to say that it was embedded in, defined by, corralled into, and driven by a larger structure that extended horizontally and vertically throughout the modern project and its Enlightenment (notwithstanding the fact that the latter was neither a single event nor, by any means, a host of consistent narratives). — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 25 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Orientalism scholarship shifted to a functionalist definition centered on domination; Orientalism functions as a systemic structure embedded in the modern project — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 25; Orientalism is a dialectical feedback loop embedded in Enlightenment structures, not mere ideology — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 321 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Orientalism functions as a systemic structure embedded in the modern project #corroborates (0.95) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 25