RE104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Scapegoating, Edward Said, Deepa Kumar
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= scholar and palestinian in 1978 he wrote a foundational book called orientalism. = how can we have this idea of people even though we have never be exposed to them (everyone that is non western) He argues that the representation of people lead to certain justifications or attitudes against them. The (cid:498)other(cid:499) is constructed for the purpose of domination. Orientalism creates and defines boundaries teen the west and the rest. The construction of difference us necessary for the creation of enmity. Argues that if we can deconstruct the rumors about them we can find that we are actually more similar to them then we think. We lose humanity when we do this. Orientalism is a field of discourse that reflects the western-centrism, is a mean of discriminating against the non-west and a tool used for exerting power over them. Common occurrence = unconsciously tend to lump groups of people together. Historically academics have treated them as one thing.
