SUST 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Eurocentrism
10 Oct 2018
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That rational thought and technological innovation can generate progress and enlightenment to humanity. They doubt the ability of thinkers from the west to either understand the world or prescribe solutions. Cares about power and its relationship to knowledge and discourse. No one objective truth, instead the "truths" of powerful people. Modernity being the western, eurocentric image of development. Emphasise on the relationship between language and power. Eg. hard to see scholars of the south represented in western journals as they "do not have the quality of language" Deconstruct colonial and post-colonial representations of the south as the dependent "other" The right to be walk down the street without being cat called. Means women working towards better rights for themselves, such as property rights. First wave (19th centaury) - concerned with property rights. Second wave (early 1960s) - concerned with political rights, equal pay, and respect in the workplace.
