I Am For Peace. And I Am

Orientalism Can Be Discussed And Analyzed As The Corporate Institution For Dealing With The Orient—dealing With It By Making Statements About It, Authorizing Views Of It, Describing It, By Teaching It, Settling It, Ruling Over It: In Short, Orientalism As A Western Style For Dominating, Restructuring, And Having Authority Over The Orient.

Theory Is Taught So As To Make The Student Believe That He Or She Can Become A Marxist, A Feminist, An Afrocentrist, Or A Deconstructionist With About The Same Effort And Commitment Required In Choosing Items From A Menu.

[9/11] Was Not Meant To Be Argued With. It Wasn't Part Of Any Negotiation. No Message Was Intended With It. It Spoke For Itself, Which Is Unusual.

But I Do Not Know Whether The Photograph Can, Or Does, Say Things As They Really Are. Something Has Been Lost. But The Representation Is All We Have.

Appeals To The Past Are Among The Commonest Of Strategies In Interpretations Of The Present.