Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Adrienne Rich
11 Dec 2014
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South asian, african, & south american scholars homi bhabha, franz. Response to colonialism, southern nationalist and leftist movements failure, on-going oppression in the various southern communist states. Imperialism: crucial to understanding global politics, especially the experience of the south -- achebe: most important thing since the slave trade. Imposed western systems of government and political organization (the state), e. g. international community of states". Culture: basis for orientalist view of world west vs. east; the other". Pursue assimilation towards western civilization: represents the conflict to us civilizing mission, freedom, etc, relies on constructing" the essentials of the other natives, colonized, etc. Power = culture = western framework as arbiter of proper, correct, moral/ethical, scientific knowledge: agree with postmodernist critique of the state & knowledge, proxy wars = okay because not great power conflict cold war. Peace: valid political organization or knowledge can be from non-western framework or interests, argue modern state" is an alien & imposed construct, privileging.
