The title of "Occidentalism" announces its confrontation with Edward Said's extremely mischievous book, "Orientalism," which is one of the bibles of Marxist post-colonial theory--blaming the West for its prejudices against and mistreatment of former colonial nations.
blaming the West for its prejudices against and mistreatment of former colonial nations.
You mean we're not? I really have to start reading my mail closer, I missed this. :-)
Seriously It's a very good book. A lot of stuff packed into 150 pages.