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- Author: Moritz Deutschmann
- Publisher: GRIN Verlag
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 11
- ISBN: 9783640797516
- ISBN-10: 3640797515
- ISBN-13: 9783640797516
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
Deutschmann, M: Edward Said and the Cultural History of Brit (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu
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Essay from the year 2009 in the subject History - Basics, European University Institute (Department of History, Florenz), language: English, abstract: This text discusses the role of culture in the history of European colonialism. It takes Said's notion of "Orientalism" as a starting point. It then discusses two very different books that have tried to make Said's notion useful for the study of concrete colonial situations: Christopher Bayly's "Empire and Information", and Nicholas Dirks' "Castes of Mind". Whereas Bayly's concept of an "information order" tries to undermine ideas about a European hegemony of knowledge, Dirks stresses the far-reaching influence European concepts had even on post-colonial notions of caste in India.
- Author: Moritz Deutschmann
- Publisher: GRIN Verlag
- Year: 2011
- Pages: 11
- ISBN: 9783640797516
- ISBN-10: 3640797515
- ISBN-13: 9783640797516
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
Essay from the year 2009 in the subject History - Basics, European University Institute (Department of History, Florenz), language: English, abstract: This text discusses the role of culture in the history of European colonialism. It takes Said's notion of "Orientalism" as a starting point. It then discusses two very different books that have tried to make Said's notion useful for the study of concrete colonial situations: Christopher Bayly's "Empire and Information", and Nicholas Dirks' "Castes of Mind". Whereas Bayly's concept of an "information order" tries to undermine ideas about a European hegemony of knowledge, Dirks stresses the far-reaching influence European concepts had even on post-colonial notions of caste in India.
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