Monday, March 5, 2018
Week 7
Critical Theory I: Postcolonial Theory
Aims in Orientalism:
Representation of the Orient as
other.
a.
Ideas in transaction with other ideas
cohering.
b.
Relationship and colonies and
imperialism
c.
Mentality, system of knowledge that
originated in Western Europe
Destruction Post-Structuralism
What is the orient?
a.
Orient was essentially an idea, or a
creation with no corresponding reality.
b.
The Orient is an idea that has a history
and a tradition of thought, imagery, and
vocabulary that have given it reality and
presence in and for the West.
c.
Essentialism
d.
Will manifest in real political action
Spivak’s “Epistemic Violence”
a.
Victims of material oppression, etc.
knowledge
b.
Knowledge is tied to subject position
Cultural relativism vs. universalism
Edward Said, “Introduction” from Orientalism
1.
The Orient was almost a European invention. (p.1)
2.
The Orient is an integral part of European material civilization and
culture.
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