Correia, T.: From Orientalism to Neo-Orientalism: A Study of the “Other”

_Journal of Law, Society and Authority_ 15 (1):1-22. 2026Edward Said’s Orientalism revolutionized Western scholarship by exposing its deep-seated biases in studying non-Western societies, particularly the Arab-Islamic world. His critique revealed how Western narratives dehumanized the "Orient" through exaggerated differences, exoticization and imperialist assumptions. This intellectual framework, Said argued, distorted objective scholarship, allowing Western scholars to claim superior knowledge