GNDS 120 Chapter Notes -Bell Hooks, Five Pillars Of Islam, Neocolonialism
29 Jan 2014
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Dead white man (dwm) - western white male social and political thinkers and used to challenge the sexism, racism and classism in their thinking. Reason, rationality, progress, science, and liberty, the principles of the enlightenment and classical liberalism enshrines in the theories of dwm, are the bases of modern western thought. Non-whites were seen less advanced and not fully human because they didn"t have science, made slavery easier. Gendered norms of masculinity and femininity were scientifically" linked to the biology of sex. Postmodernism-emerged from wwii, the narratives of science, rationality, and progress. A response to the massive changes in technologies and globalization. Used deconstruction to expose the power and politics. Questioning is epistemological and ontological, which politicizes subjectivity, and expose our own biases. Epistemology- questions how we know what we know. Deconstruction- process of breaking down or taking apart the terms, concepts, and ideas that uphold truth claims. Language is critical for the process of producing change.
