SOCC29H3 Lecture Notes - Eurocentrism, Cultural Imperialism, Eunuch
Document Summary
Lecture two: patriarchy in the middle east [september 10, 2013] Value western culture and traditions to the exclusion of others. Orientalism is a particular type of eurocentric prejudice directed against oriental" peoples and cultures based in post-colonial history. Orientalist prejudice is based on a distinction made between the occident (self) and the. Orient is often imagined to be different from the west in every way thoughts, etc. It ignores how the two influence and affect each other. The term is coined by palestinian historian edward said, referencing the production of knowledge of the east in the west, and how that production of knowledge justifies the colonialism of european and american colonies. 1978 addressing particular types of eurocentric prejudice against oriental people and cultures. Oriental means east anything pertaining to the east. No longer correct during colonial period, the european and americans used this term along with a whole bunch of oppressive acts.
