#orientalism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #orientalism, aggregated by home.social.
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d1d460eb-e2a6-49ff-839d-bcf7bce2db58
#rococo #gardens #orientalism #pagoda #bridges #landscapes #china #flowers #design #plants #chinoiserie #etching #art #publicdomain
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Is Islam Compatible with Western Civilisation?
When someone declares that Islam is "incompatible with Western civilisation," why is the West automatically treated as the moral standard? Before you judge whether Islam fits your "Western" world, you must first prove that your world is morally defensible.https://wrzky.com/is-islam-compatible-with-western-civilisation/
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Western media apply cultural essentialism to Asian societies while exempting themselves from similar scrutiny, shaping global perceptions and policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/08/09/japan/media-view-asia-orientalist-lens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #edwardsaid #orientalism #sanaetakaichi #sanseitoparty #us #donaldtrump #ice #india #southeastasia #americafirst #fukushimano1 #media
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"O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An’ foolish notion:
What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us,
An’ ev’n devotion!"#DNC #GOP #Democrats #Republicans #VoteThirdParty #ThirdWorldCountry #Imperialism #Orientalism #EdwardSaid #RobbieBurns