The New York Review of Books: Occidentalism

[Otto]

Thanks for it, it's a very fine essay.

Otto

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To: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: The New York Review of Books: Occidentalism


> I had intended to recommend this yesterday.....the authors
> ambitions, it appeared to me, exceeded their reach....but it was a
> very informative piece and a very interesting argument.....I urge
> folks to check it out........it really does offer a different perspective
> on "the struggle"....
>
> In the same issue there is a review of a book on the history of
> London........Skim it - there is yet another of those Pynchonian
> concurrences which MUST be coincidental, or maybe not......
>
> Rent Way of the Gun TODAY! That writer is without peer in the
> US.......
>
> ......and hi, paul.......
>
> love,
> cfa
>
> > http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15100
> >
> >
> > This is a discussion of what the authors call "occidentalism." The
> > word has been coined I believe both along the lines of words like
> > racism and sexism, but its coinage is also an obvious nod to the term
> > "orientalism." Anyway, I found the article a help in organizing my
> > thinking about war and conflict in the world in the past and in the
> > present. MalignD's post of a minute ago reminded me of its existence
> > in the current NY Review of Books.
> >
> >   P.
> >
>
>