Said traced the origin of the power of representation and the normative agency that it entails to the colonial hubris that carried a. In between these two events i wrote and published my own book post orientalism. Knowledge and power in time of terror, new brunswick. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. In this fascinating and prodigious work, hamid dabashi offers a compelling analysis of the various phases and modes of orientalism and persuasively demonstrates the mutations in the evolving modes of knowledge production about islam and the middle east. Orientalism in the age of colonial dissolution postcontemporary. In his groundbreaking book, orientalism, edward said traced the origin of this power of representation and the normative agency that it entails to the colonial hubris that carried a militant band of mercenary merchants, military officers, christian missionaries, and european orientalists around the globe, which enabled them to write and. Knowledge and power in a time of terror hamid dabashi on. Said traced the origin of the power of representation and the normative agency that it entails to the colonial hubris that carried a militant band of. In that time, artists and scholars were described as orientalists, especially in france, where. Edward said may have downplayed the effect of terrorism in shaping. The combined structure of power and knowledge, of law and literature, of. Postorientalism is a sustained record of hamid dabashis reflections over many years on the question of authority and power. Knowledge and power in time of terror dabashi, hamid on.