{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Orientalism, Afghanistan, and the Recycling Rhetoric","author_name":"\u062d\u06a9\u064a\u0645 \u0646\u0639\u064a\u0645 | Hakeem Naim","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article92738.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article92738.html'\u003EOrientalism, Afghanistan, and the Recycling Rhetoric\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study of  the \u201ceast\u201d as a constructed concept, and the strong association of knowledge with the existing political, social, and economic power structure have created a contrived interpretation of the Orient and the Occident. Orientalism, as Edward Said defined, \u201cis a style of thought based upon an ontological and epistemological distinction made between the Orient and (most of the time) the Occident.\u201d[1] The \u201cknowledge\u201d that has been produced as an outcome of the Orientalism is forceful, (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}