R SOC355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Overgrazing

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Rural Sociology
• Course: R SOC355
• Professor: Monica Gruezmacher

Document Summary

These ideas rise from self-re ection , image they had of themselves. E. said was seen as the instigator o these ideas (compacted these idea sin his book about orientalism) In his book he said that people in the orient see themselves and their history in a very di erent way than that depicted in the west. At the same time he making a link between the image/idea that people have of themselves in the orient as connected to the ideas of the others. The story that we tell ourselves is closely linked to the story that others have about us. Development was intended for under-developed nations to catch up. Escobar: looking at development as a way to exercise power in those places. After development these people become part o the bottom of the ladder. Ideas linked to modernism not only brought negative aspect but also positive aspects.