RE105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Edward Said, Arabian Prince
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Edward said: looks at how west has viewed the orient (east) Orientalism: study of east (near middle east, eventually far east: think about how this study was done, influence political government interactions between east and west. Conflicts (ownership of land around jerusalem, holy place for. Christianity, judaism, islam: therefore shaped orientalist lens, economic conflict, conflict leasts to west seeing east as enemies and different, orientalist lens: a way of looking at the other. Society misinterpretations of islam and muslims bc of the 9/11 and isis terrorist attacks. Categorize the culture as a whole to the negative discourse. Worships the same god as judaism and christianity, second largest religion in. Islam also referred to as (cid:498)peaceful submission(cid:499) pg 131 the world and west pg 132. Diversity of cultural and religious diversity within the religion pg 132. The negative way the media portrays muslims and associate them with arabs.
