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- Title
Disorientalism.
- Authors
Mirzoeff, Nicholas
- Abstract
The article discusses the concept of disorientalism which was produced in the interface between the major 19th-century practices of minority and visuality in imperial Great Britain. The transhistorical analogy between the Jews and the Irish made by dramatist Oscar Wilde is analyzed. The ethical and moral dimension added by philosopher Immanuel Kant to the concept of minority is examined. The article also explains the term, visuality, which was coined by the Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle as evoked in his work on Dante's heroism.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; ORIENTALISM; MINORITIES in art; WILDE, Oscar, 1854-1900; CARLYLE, Thomas, 1795-1881; HISTORIANS
- Publication
TDR: The Drama Review (MIT Press), 2006, Vol 50, Issue 2, p52
- ISSN
1054-2043
- Publication type
Essay
- DOI
10.1162/dram.2006.50.2.52