Occidentalism refers to and identifies representations of the Western world in two ways: as dehumanizing stereotypes of the Western world, and as ideological representations of the West, as applied in ...

What is an example of Occidentalism?

Occidentalism is the stereotyping of Western culture by non-Westerners. ... Example: Many cultures in the Middle East continue to view Westerners as Crusaders; violent ideologists who try and claim the land and the souls of those living in places such as Palestine, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.

What is Orientalism and Occidentalism?

Orientalism and occidentalism are sustained intellectual projects organized by historians, policy experts, Christian theologians, and humanist and social science scholars which study and appraise the “Orient” and its “Eastern” arts, sciences, histories, faiths, cultures, peoples, and nations in contrast to the “West.” ...