Gaza is barbaric UNZ, 2009: par. 14, while he regards that the terrorists are barbarian.
Like common Orientalists, Ignatius has oppinions that the Middle East really needs the US help PBS Newshour, 2006: par. 7, that calling for
moderation in the Middle East can be a fool’s errant, reflecting how difficult to make the Middle East bends down to the Western desire. He argues that the idea
of reestablishing Islamic state such as what Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks is the US challenge Ignatius, 2013: par. 12-13, showing
his indirect defense against “the rest of the world”. He also argues that the US post colonial power in the Middle East is an unintended result, like he wants to
deny his country’s guiltiness Potter, 2011: par. 4. Even he says that the Arab people are not victims of domestic dictators or foreign power Hart, 2011: par. 7-
9, whereas those dictators has served Western interest.
E. Analitical Construct
It is previously mentioned in the Chapter I that the existence of domination in the world which is done by superior groups of human beings upon the inferior
one is possible as long as there is an opinion among the society that they are not created equal. The Western domination upon Islam and the Muslim world is one
of the examples. Islam and the Muslim world has been constructed negatively by the West as the “other” and this has come into a series of negative image of Islam,
the Muslims, and the Muslim world which result in discrimination and prejudice toward the Muslims. This contruction is actually not a mere negative view, but is
included in the Western agenda to dominate or to colonize others. Although the colonization era is over, but neocolonization era is a real today, and it is what has
been suffered by the rest of the world including the Muslim world especially the Middle East.
Based on the postcolonialism idea, the existence of colonization itself is normalized by a thought style called as Eurocentrism which becomes a reason for
denying the existence of culture that is non White or non European as well as to place emphasize on either Western concerns, cultures, or values at the expense of
those of other cultures including Islam or the Muslim world so that those other cultures can be damaged and destructed. This thought style finds its way to works
out through the existence of Orientalism, constructing a series of negative image of Islam and the Muslim world in order to dominate and to have authority over it
and thus, this construction causes an impact to Islam, the Muslims, and the Muslim world as the persistence of Eurocentrism can damage intellectuality
which in turn influences the way people or the Muslims think and behave according to the Western desires.
Hence, to investigate Western view about Islam and the Muslim world as well as its efforts in colonizing the Muslim world in the 19
th
to 21
st
century portrayed in Ignatius Body of Lies, the researcher employs Orientalism, a
postcolonial theory developed by Edward Said; then she connects it to the understanding of Eurocentrism as a part of postcolonial anchors to get a strong
and sharper analysis from postcolonialism view. This is a means to answer the two research objectives mentioned in the previous chapter: to identify the
