kesbi, abdelaziz mohammadia université hassan ii - faculté des lettres and sciences humaines, Maroc

From Orientalism to Occidentalism: the rise of Westophobia

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This article discusses the issue of Orientalism and Occidentalism and the increasing conflicts between Muslims and Westerners. Both belligerent parties are putting gasoline on a reciprocal fear that is feeding both Islamophobia and Westophobia. The question raised in this paper is whether the fear of Muslims from the West can be justified. Indeed, the West’s bloody aspirations to promote secularism and its unconvincing claim that it aims at the democratization of the Muslim world, especially the Arab one has led to the spread of the theory of the West’s violent conspiracy. Consequently, whatever happens in the Arab world is believed to be a direct outcome of the West’s direct interference in the local affairs of the so-called sovereign countries.

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Orientalism , Occidentalism , Islamophobia , Intercultural communication

Revue Interdisciplinaire

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