The Western tendency to imagine the East as exotic, timeless, and in need of interpretation by Western experts—a power dynamic that shapes what gets known and who gets to know it. Understanding orientalism reveals how knowledge itself becomes a tool of domination, and how entire regions and peoples are flattened into cultural fantasies that serve imperial interests.
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