ɪnðə lˈɪɾɚɹˌɛɹi spˈɑːɹɹɪŋz bᵻtwˌiːn bɜːnˈɑːɹd lˈuːɪs ænd ˈɛdwɚd sˈɛd, hˌuː kɹˈɪɾɪsˌaɪzd ˌoːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪst skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp, klˈeɪmɪŋ lˈuːɪs wˈɜːk təbi ɐ pɹˈaɪm ɛɡzˈæmpəl ʌv ˌoːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪzəm, ɪn hɪz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt bˈʊk ˌoːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪzəm, bˈɜːk wʌz ɐmˌʌŋ ðə skˈɑːlɚz, sˈʌtʃ ɐz mˈæksaɪm ɹˈɑːdɪnsən, mˈælkəm ˈeɪtʃ. kˈɛɹ, ˈælbɚt ˌaʊɚɹˈɑːni, ænd wˈɪljəm mɑːntɡˈɑːmɚɹi wˈɑːt, hˌuː meɪntˈeɪnd ðæt sˈɛdz dˌɪsɹɪɡˈɑːɹd fɔːɹ ˈɔːl ðɪ ˈɛvɪdəns ðæt kˌɑːntɹədˈɪktᵻd hɪz nˈæɹətˌɪv mˌeɪd ˌoːɹɪˈɛntəlˌɪzəm ɐ dˈiːpli flˈɔːd ɐkˈaʊnt ʌv wˈɛstɚn skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp.
In the literary sparrings between Bernard Lewis and Edward Said, who criticized Orientalist scholarship, claiming Lewis' work to be a prime example of Orientalism, in his 1978 book Orientalism, Berque was among the scholars, such as Maxime Rodinson, Malcolm H. Kerr, Albert Hourani, and William Montgomery Watt, who maintained that Said's disregard for all the evidence that contradicted his narrative made Orientalism a deeply flawed account of Western scholarship.