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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。
Said’s orientalism theory provides a new analytical tool for re-interpreting Crawford’s masterpiece, Diaspora and Indochina Diaries. This paper reveals Crawford’s view of the East by reexamining the premises and assumptions contained in the book. Crawford thinks the East is always poor, barbarous and sensual, and its oriental view is generated in the exchange between his work and the overall political context of colonialism. Crawford’s personal experience and the biographical description of the Orient eventually shifted to the authoritative Orientalism, and his oriental outlook followed closely with Oriental flavor. Today, it is a very important task to re-examine the works that appear to be objective and fair but in fact contain the western cultural hegemony, which is the decolonization of history and culture.