ABSTRACT

For many decades the work of Edward Said has dominated, and largely continues to dominate, the ways in which ‘Orientalism’ and the cultural relations between Europe and Asiatic diversities have been studied. The aim of these articles is not to add yet another chapter to the now vast debates on the category of Orientalism as proposed by Said, but instead through a series of specific research themes they aim to illustrate the diversity and variety of ‘Orientalisms’ – experiences, reflections, researches – that emerged in Italian culture at a time when ‘Europeaness’ was being very strongly asserted in relations with the Asiatic world. The articles that follow seek first to explain the reasons for Italy’s interest in the Orient in the modern and contemporary period, and then above all to draw attention to the complex circulation and interaction at a European level of the authors, the texts and ideas on these subjects that reveal the need for approaches that are at once historical, cultural, intellectual and transnational.

摘要

几十年来，爱德华·赛义德（Edward Said）的工作一直主导着并且在很大程度上继续主导着研究“东方主义”以及欧洲与亚洲多样性之间的文化关系的方式。这些文章的目的不是在萨伊德提出的有关东方主义这一类别的广泛辩论中再增加一章，而是通过一系列特定的研究主题来说明“东方主义”的多样性和多样性。 ，反思和研究–在与亚洲世界的关系中极力主张“欧洲欧洲”的时候，这种文化就出现在意大利文化中。随后的文章首先试图解释意大利在近代和当代对东方产生兴趣的原因，