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Sustained national imperial interest was required for Orientalist scholarship to thrive

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aliases	@said_orientalism_1978, loc. 84

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Sustained national imperial interest was required for Orientalist scholarship to thrive

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Yet at no time in German scholarship during the first two-thirds of the nineteenth century could a close partnership have developed between Orientalists and a protracted, sustained national interest in the Orient. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 84

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corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 84

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Anti-Orientalists often relied on the very German scholarship they condemned
Britain neglected Oriental studies while France and Germany led the field
Colonial officials took up Oriental studies out of boredom
German Orientalism stayed textual because Germany held no colonial presence in the Orient
German Orientalists led the field despite Germany having no Arab empire.
Key Orientalist scholarship shows no detectable political agenda even unconscious
Leiden dominated European Oriental studies for two centuries
Major Orientalist scholarship was published in Latin into the twentieth century.
Orientalism becomes national authority when backed by state institutions
Orientalism changed no scholarly practices and disturbed no imperialists
Russian Orientalism grew directly out of imperial state-building
Students, Teachers, and Edward Said: Taking Stock of Orientalism
Edward W. Said — Orientalism

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