《东方学》提出了一系列问题,用赛义德自己的话说,诸如“人们是如何表述其他文化的?什么是另一种文化?文化(或种族、宗教、文明)差异这一概念是否行之有效,或者,它是否总是与沾沾自喜(当谈到自己的文化时)或敌视和侵犯(当谈到“其他”文化时)难解难分?文化、宗教和种族差异是否 Oriental Studies poses a series of questions. In Sayed’s own words, such as “How do people express other cultures? What is another culture? Is the concept of cultural (or ethnic, religious, civil) differences true? Is it always valid, or does it always stand in the way of complacency (when speaking about one’s own culture) or hostility and aggression (when talking about ”other" cultures)? Are cultural, religious and racial differences