POLC90H3 Lecture Notes - Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Postcolonialism
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Critical theory: oriented toward critiquing and changing society as a whole, rather than just trying to explain and understand it. 1. reflexive- recognizes that western society is only one possible form of society. (other possibilities) 2. understand knowledge as possible-discourse is power over the south. 3. decentering- it is from the point of view of those who have been marginalized. 4. transdisciplinary- cross over with literature, cultural studies,women"s studies etc. Arturo escobar (1995) the making and unmaking of the third world . Before outsiders came to columbia, there was no such thing as poverty, and no need for development. By imposing external norms, the country was interpreted as lacking devel- opment. Poverty and development are inventions from the north imposed on the. 1. development is a tool of western hegemony: it imposes western thinking and discourse about how the world should be. 2. development is the problem not the solution.
