The Oriental’s status as a separate fixed subspecies emerged only in the nineteenth century

Evidence

The Oriental may always have been characterized as a savage enemy, but during the Middle Ages, he was at least considered on the same level as his European counterpart. And, to the men of the Enlightenment, the ideologies of the French revolution, the Oriental was, for all his foreignness in appearance and dress, above all a man like anyone else. In the nineteenth century, however, he became something quite separate, sealed off in his own specificity, yet worthy of a kind of grudging admiration. This is the origin of the homo islamicus, a notion widely accepted even today. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 178

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The nineteenth-century composite Oriental lumped North Africa to India together; The Islamic subject became a distinct fixed human type only in the nineteenth century; Egypt’s identity as a distinct nation emerged only in the nineteenth century — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 87 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The Islamic subject became a distinct fixed human type only in the nineteenth century #corroborates (0.95)
• Homo islamicus as a separate human type emerged only in the nineteenth century #corroborates (0.90)
• The nineteenth-century composite Oriental lumped North Africa to India together #corroborates (0.85)
• Egypt’s identity as a distinct nation emerged only in the nineteenth century #complicates (0.80) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 87
• Imperial geography roots fixed Oriental character in a physical territory #expands (0.75) — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 539