克劳福德的东方观——克劳福德《出使暹罗和印度支那王朝日记》的研究

萨义德的东方学理论为重新解读克劳福德的名作《出使暹罗和印度支那王朝日记》提供了新的分析工具。本文通过重新审视书中蕴含的前提和假设，揭示出了克劳福德的东方观。克劳福德认为东方总是低劣的、野蛮的和感性的，其东方观是在他的作品与殖民主义制造的总体政治语境之间进行交换的过程中生成的。克劳福德的个人体验和对东方的传记描述最终向权威的东方学发生了转移，他的东方观随之也带有东方学浓厚的气息。今天，重新审视那些貌似客观公正，实际上却蕴含着西方文化霸权的著作是历史文化非殖民化的一项非常重要的工作。

Crawfurd's Concept of the Orient: Analysis of Crawfurd's Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-general of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China

Edward W. Said＇s theory of orientalism provides an analytic tool for reexplaining John Crawfurd＇s famous works Journal of an Embassy from the Covernor-general of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China. The premise and assumption ）tided in the book will be checked again. The origins of Crawfurd＇ s concept of the orient are that his famous works converse with the overall political context underlying the colonialism. Crawfurd＇s experience and his journal with passion in orient are subject to the authoritative orientalism. His concept of the orient is affected deeply by the works of orientalism.