The "good orientalists"

Lena Salaymeh

doi:10.1515/9783110728422-007

The "good orientalists"

Lena Salaymeh^*

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University of Oxford

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This chapter argues that some scholars portray Ignac Goldziher as a "good Orientalist." Contesting the assumptions behind the distinction between "good" and "bad" orientalists, the chapter shows that Goldziher's scholarly methods relied on Orientalist bias. Such bias is the result of blindly repeating and imposing Eurocentric methods, including the blurring of Jewish and Islamic traditions into a single "Semitic" or "religious" tradition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Westernness
Subtitle of host publication	Critical Reflections on the Spatio-temporal Construction of the West
Publisher	de Gruyter
Pages	105-135
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Electronic)	9783110728422
ISBN (Print)	9783110728415
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110728422-007
State	Published - 3 Oct 2022
Externally published	Yes

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