HUMAN 1AS Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Heteronormativity, Femininity
24 Jan 2018
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Knowledge as construction (what humans create) vs knowledge as a correspondence- similarities (the truth) More models -> the better objective reality - free of bias, core truth (independently on our thoughts and concepts) What makes a model/conceptional scheme better than another, is how well it corresponds to objective reality. Knowledge as pure - represents objective reality (free of bias, that thing. Below is the opposite of objective reality (construction) Said is arguing that identity is being cultivated by cultural simplistic binary oppositions. One side of our opposition has a positive/negative side to it. These stereotypes are often functioned on as unconscious, ideological level. These are not picking out pre existing realities. If these examples seem natural it proves said"s knowledge. There is no natural line between the orient/occident. An easy way to navigate and gain power is to simplify these binary terms/identities. Said said that there is no natural neutral distinction by the.
