Said exempted the human sciences from the critique he leveled at Orientalism

Evidence

Said, on the other hand, isolates Orientalism in general and “Islamic Orientalism” in particular for a special treatment, assigning to them a second-rate intellectual competence and a problematic way of seeing the Orient, having lagged behind in comparison with general academia and, especially, with the “human sciences” (260–61). Unlike Guénon, Said does not extend his critical acumen to anything beyond Orientalism, sheltering the “human sciences” from foundational critique, along with the surrounding environment, all the while constantly alluding to, but never showing the structure of, the ties between Orientalism and the “considerable dimension of modern political-intellectual culture” enveloping it (12). — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 355

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Hallaq’s broader project of critiquing the entire Western epistemic framework, not just Orientalism as a discipline.