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What is another word for orientalists?

Pronunciation: [ˌɔːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪsts] (IPA)

Orientalists, a term derived from the word "Orient," is often used to refer to scholars who specialize in the study of the cultures, languages, and history of Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East. However, due to its colonial connotations and the misrepresentation of the people and traditions of these regions, the term has been scrutinized and criticized. As an alternative, the scholars who study these regions are sometimes referred to as Middle East, Asian, or North African scholars, depending on the area of expertise. In addition, terms such as cultural studies, ethnic studies, and area studies are also used to describe the interdisciplinary approach to understanding the languages, cultures, and societies of these regions.
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  • As an Egyptian of Palestinian origin teaching English literature at an American university, who had built his scholarly career on a Polish sailor that became an English writer (Joseph Conrad), Said’s assertion that western orientalists could not comprehend the East and easterners because they were born into a different culture, seems somewhat bizarre.
    Edward Said
  • A certain neoorientalism has crept upon us, partly in reaction to the failed militarism of the neo-conservative years, but mainly attributable to historical self-critical attitudes towards the British Empire. This neo-orientalism interprets liberalism as a Western construct ill-fitting to non-Western cultures. Struggling, dissenting liberals within minority community contexts find that they have no greater enemy than these neo-orientalists who lend credence to the idea that they are somehow an inauthentic expression of their ‘native’ culture.
    Maajid Nawaz

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