@techreport{oai:ir.ide.go.jp:00037554, author = {Watanabe, Shoko}, month = {Mar}, note = {application/pdf, IDP000634_001, Orientalist travel writing has often been understood as a literate form of imperial domination in which Western travelers reproduced a stereotyping narrative of non-Westerners to reinforce the dichotomist worldview between Westerners and non-Westerners. To reconsider this view, this paper discusses the Muslim pilgrimage account written by converted French orientalist painter, Nacir ed-Dine, born Étienne Dinet (1861–1929). This paper argues that Dinet saw that the difference which separates Europeans and Muslims was surmountable. This worldview allowed Dinet to have hope for self-transformation, which would ultimately blur the cultural borders between the dominators and the dominated as defined in the colonial context.}, title = {Imperialism, Islam, and the transformation of self : the pilgrimage of Nacir ed-Dine Dinet (1861-1929)}, year = {2017} }