Purportedly objective scholarship can function as propaganda against its subject

Evidence

Yet for at least a decade and a half his work in the main has been aggressiyely ideological, despite his various attempts at subtlety and irony. I mention his recent writing as a perfect exemplification of the academic whose work purports to be liberal objective scholarship but is in reality very close to being propaganda against his subject material. But this should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the history of Orientalism; it is only the latest—and in the West, the most uncriticized—of the scandals of “scholarship.” — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 801

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames how Orientalist ‘scholarship’ operates as an authority effect that launders ideology into objective fact — a key mechanism for the critical vocabulary.
• XREF: Directly scaffolds the Islamophobia readings on ‘expertise as authority’; relates to Milgrom’s point that credentialing creates epistemic gatekeeping. — connects to: Skeptical critical consciousness is the ethical norm for scholarship on the Other; Essentialized etymology discredits a people’s political agency while posing as neutral scholarship; Assertions of scholarly objectivity mask the partisan premises of Orientalist discourse. (+7 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 801

Broader Connections

• Assertions of scholarly objectivity mask the partisan premises of Orientalist discourse. #corroborates (0.90)
• Orientalism undermines the possibility of nonpolitical scholarship. #corroborates (0.85)
• Intellectuals must admit ideology rather than claim value-free science #expands (0.80) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 435