Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge

Restating Orientalism is a groundbreaking work that challenges the traditional narrative of Orientalism as a quintessential example of Western intellectuals' collaboration with oppression.

Hallaq reevaluates and deepens the critique of Orientalism to deploy it for rethinking the foundations of modernity.

This book extends the critique to other fields, including law, philosophy, scientific inquiry, and core ideas of academic thought such as sovereignty and the self.

By tracing their involvement in colonialism, mass annihilation, and systematic destruction of the natural world, Hallaq interrogates and historicizes the set of causes that permitted modernity to wed knowledge to power.

The book offers a bold rethinking of the theory of the author, the concept of sovereignty, and the place of the secular Western self in the modern project, ultimately theorizing an exit from modernity's predicaments.

With its ambitious scope and innovative approach, Restating Orientalism is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of power and knowledge in the modern world.