What is "neo-orientalism"

Neo-orientalism is a term, often used pejoratively, to describe modern incarnations of Orientalist thinking. The term is found in academic literature to critique Western attitudes to Islam and the Islamic world post 9/11.

Though the term Neo-orientalism marks a change from classical Orientalism, the two concepts nevertheless shares similarities. For example, Neo-orientalism is, like Orientalism, "monolithic, totalizing, reliant on a binary logic, and based on an assumption of moral and cultural superiority over the Oriental other," according to Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams. Neo-orientalism should thus be understood more as "a supplement to enduring modes or Orientalist representation".