Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: The paper is an overview of existing ideas about Oriental studies and Orientalism in Russian academic fields. Based on the analysis of a wide array of historiography, discussing the views of the previous researchers, the Algerian author shows the problematic nature of defining the subject and nature of the knowledge of Asian and African studies, describes the difference between Western and Russian schools of said field of academic research, identifies the main positive and negative connotations of the concepts of “Oriental studies” and “Orientalism”, determines the historical prerequisites for the formation of two different approaches to the study of the East in Europe and Russia, traces the main stages in the development of Asian and African studies.
Source: Oriental Courier
Author: Zine Ben Othmane
Institution: Algiers 2 University
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4391916189