Orient Bear - Said
2009-05-30 - extension: wmv - size: 11 MB
Orient Bear - Said
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Edward Said On 'Orientalism' Best known for his monumental 1978 work, "Orientalism," Edward Said (1935-2003), literary (More) Best known for his monumental 1978 work, "Orientalism," Edward Said (1935-2003), literary critic, Palestinian activist, and former Columbia professor (English and Comparative Literature) helped initiate 'post-colonial studies' arguing that all discourse, particularly discourse about other cultures, is inherently ideological: "My contention is that Orientalism is fundamentally a political doctrine willed over the Orient because the Orient was weaker than the West, which elided the Orient's difference with its weakness. . . . As a cultural apparatus Orientalism is all aggression, activity, judgment, will-to-truth, and knowledge" In this clip, questions are raised about the West's nefarious judgments of Muslims -- with which they rarely have direct contact -- and the cross-cultural role of Hollywood and the mass media in terms of creating ideological categories: "Orientalism operates as representations usually do, for a purpose, according to a tendency, in a specific historical, intellectual, and even economic setting." The piece begins with major U.S. media venues wrongly indicting Muslims for the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing in 1995 ... (Less)
Edward Said - Orientalism (3/4) Edward Said discusses the themes of his classic work "Orientalism", its implications and (More) Edward Said discusses the themes of his classic work "Orientalism", its implications and its place in the modern world. (Less)
movie file 015 Ugrabitvena Katastrofa 9-11 - Edward Said o Usmerjevanju - HijackingCatastrophe 9-11 - Edward Said on Orientalism
2009-10-12 - extension: avi - size: 50 MB
movie file 015 Ugrabitvena Katastrofa 9-11 - Edward Said o Usmerjevanju - HijackingCatastrophe 9-11 - Edward Said on Orientalism
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