A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Orientalism

Abstract

Orientalism is derived from the word orient used as a synonym of the east literally. But as a term the word orientalism is known as a concept representing a western movement regarding the east especially Islam and Muslim world. In fact orientalism is the multidimensional scholarly approach of the western non Muslim scholars and researchers about Islam. There are two aspects of this movement negative as well as positive while the first one aspect is deeply concerned dangerous. In the following article only the basic concept of the movement has been analyzed with reference to context.