said palestinian american professor comparative literature columbia university published book ''orientalism'' accused earlier scholars subtle persistent eurocentric prejudice arab islamic peoples culture claiming bias amounted justification imperialism western academics irwin challenged said 's conclusions ref name rose flemming rose ''forsvar en profession'' defence profession interview prof robert irwin ''jyllands posten'' april section page accessed via http infomediadk infomediadk http wwwjyllands postendk protected premium kultur ece forsvar en profession newspaper 's website ref however book became standard text literary theory cultural studies following september
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