Treating orientalism as mere colonial discourse is analytically hindering

Evidence

In this respect, the assumption that orientalism can be entirely subsumed as a specific instance under the general topic of colonial discourse has been a hindrance. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 81

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Orientalism’s totalizing discourse critique erases all sites of resistance and liberation; Orientalism was internally divided rather than a monolithic colonial tool; Institutional Orientalism, not all Orientalist scholarship, served colonial power (+2 more)