Said defines Orientalism as a Western instrument for dominating the Orient

Evidence

Said describes convincingly (if polemically) the ideological implications of representations of the Orient in nineteenthand twentiethcentury British and French culture. “Orientalism,” for Said, is “Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient.” — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 59

Categorization

• DEFINE: Captures Said’s operative definition of Orientalism as domination.
• XREF: connects to: Said defined Orientalism as scholarship tied to governing the Middle East; Western scholars controlled the academic study of the Orient even as late as 1927.