Lewis was also notable for his public debates with Edward Said , who accused Lewis and other orientalists of misrepresenting Islam and serving the purposes of imperialist domination , to which Lewis responded by defending Orientalism as a facet of humanism and accusing Said of politicizing the subject . Lewis argued that the deaths of the Armenian Genocide resulted from a struggle between two nationalistic movements and that there is no proof of intent by the Ottoman government to exterminate the Armenian nation . These views prompted a number of scholars to accuse Lewis of genocide denial and resulted in a successful civil lawsuit against him in a French court
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Bernard Lewis