Said reproduced in his own work the us-them binary he attacked in Orientalism

Evidence

Orientalism opened doors through which literary scholars, theorists of postcolonialism, historians, and any academics writing about the modern Middle East must pass; as Aijaz Ahmad remarked about Edward Said,“I can scarcely find my own thought without passing through [his].” Although Ahmad admits his profound loyalty to the ambitions of Said’s work, he and others have brought to light an important criticism of Orientalism: the trap set by the seductive binary “us” and “them” that Said challenges when observing it within the writings of Western authors about the East, but into which he himself falls. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 70

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Said’s own work replicated the very Orientalist contempt he critiqued — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 856; Said’s own tastes and scholarly practice embodied the Western canon he criticized — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 279; Said’s own critique essentialized the West by tracing Orientalism back to Homer — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 872 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Said’s own work replicated the very Orientalist contempt he critiqued — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 856; Said’s own tastes and scholarly practice embodied the Western canon he criticized — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 279; Said’s own critique essentialized the West by tracing Orientalism back to Homer — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 872 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Said’s own work replicated the very Orientalist contempt he critiqued #expands (0.97) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 856