Said’s dissent remained loyal to the Western system of power.

Evidence

Said’s placement of Orientalism as a sort of exception was problematic, not to mention arbitrary, and that Guénon’s diagnosis did not go the full length that its potential allowed for. This is attributable, as I have intimated, to Said’s ideological commitments, which, as a dissenting author, remained largely loyal to the system of power in which he operated, at times with passion, and mostly unconsciously. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 350 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Even dissenting critics remain loyal to the power systems they critique. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 350; A system tolerates and rewards dissent that stays within its boundaries — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 340; Said’s oppositional stance left Western humanist assumptions and nationalist movements unexamined

Broader Connections

• Even dissenting critics remain loyal to the power systems they critique. #expands (0.93) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 350