Orientalism (racism) doesn't just distort how we see "them", it disables social antibodies. My next report to the UN examines how legacy media have contributed to erode the capacity to recognise authoritarian descent. Germany is a case study. #Orientalism #MediaInfluence #Authoritarianism #DE
Street Scene near the El Ghouri Mosque in Cairo (detail) - John Frederick Lewis - , genre: genre painting, style: Orientalism, gallery name: Louvre, Paris, France, tags: Prophet, completition: 1875.
Girl sitting on a stone wall, spinning wool - Théodore Ralli - , genre: genre painting, style: Orientalism, gallery name: Private Collection.
A rich Kyrgyz hunter with a falcon - Vasily Vereshchagin - , genre: genre painting, style: Realism, Orientalism, gallery name: Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, tags: birds, male-portraits, falcons, completition: 1871.
