This book offers an explanation of Edward Said 's evaluation of contemporary society by stressing the religious/secular division. Hart argues that this division is equally factual and metaphorical: It addresses spiritual and worldly customs, but also allegories that broaden the connotation and position of faith and secularism in an undetermined manner. Incorporating reviews and critiques of Said will help me present a rounded, unbiased view of his work within my dissertation.
In this article, Mortimer discusses the work of Edward Said and the continuation of his concepts in the works of Algerian novelist Assia Djebar. He offers a contrapuntal reading of Said and Djebar, ultimately addressing the Maghrebian colonial experience which is an area which Said does not cover in Orientalism. This article is a valuable resource as it offers a critique of Said and deals with postcolonial gender/feminist studies and case studies regarding such areas of postcolonial theory will be included in the dissertation.
Nelson’s book focuses on the difficulties that face the field of biblical studies due to its amalgamation with the likes of postcolonialism, …show more content…
Said, and a New Approach to Biblical Interpretation’) and offers first an overview of the present state of postcolonial biblical hermeneutics, addressing the gap between scholarly and vernacular methods, before going on to discuss the contrapuntal approach introduced by Edward Said and how this can be used as a solution to begin bridging this gap. She then presents an example of this through a contrapuntal study on the theme of suffering in Job, comparing a psychoanalytical reading to the answers given in a HIV bible study in South Africa. The way in which Nelson utilises the contrapuntal method is one of the main sources of inspiration for this dissertation, and therefore will be largely referred to
In this article, Mortimer discusses the work of Edward Said and the continuation of his concepts in the works of Algerian novelist Assia Djebar. He offers a contrapuntal reading of Said and Djebar, ultimately addressing the Maghrebian colonial experience which is an area which Said does not cover in Orientalism. This article is a valuable resource as it offers a critique of Said and deals with postcolonial gender/feminist studies and case studies regarding such areas of postcolonial theory will be included in the dissertation.
Nelson’s book focuses on the difficulties that face the field of biblical studies due to its amalgamation with the likes of postcolonialism, …show more content…
Said, and a New Approach to Biblical Interpretation’) and offers first an overview of the present state of postcolonial biblical hermeneutics, addressing the gap between scholarly and vernacular methods, before going on to discuss the contrapuntal approach introduced by Edward Said and how this can be used as a solution to begin bridging this gap. She then presents an example of this through a contrapuntal study on the theme of suffering in Job, comparing a psychoanalytical reading to the answers given in a HIV bible study in South Africa. The way in which Nelson utilises the contrapuntal method is one of the main sources of inspiration for this dissertation, and therefore will be largely referred to