Edward Said

P. 6). A Passage to India deals with many complex issues surrounding colonialism and the Orient. In accordance with Edward Said's ideas concerning what he calls "Orientalism", the concept of the Orient is something that, on one hand, was created by the West and represents a Euro-centric ideal of Eastern culture, and on the other hand is an actual place that existed long…

What is a postnational nation-Postnationalism or non-nationalism is the process or trend by which nation states and national identities lose their importance relative to cross nation and self organized or international and global entities. What does the source say canada has no set identity there is no the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional because of this will cause us the first position state which will we will lose our national identity. Basically our…

In Early modern France, orientalism referred to the interaction between modern France with the orient. The church of Rome had the first attempt to learn about orientalism life, which was used to help the Dominicans Christian attraction in the Islamic lands. As for the first orientalism school was formed in Tunis in the late 12th and 13th. Moving on, the study of the orient culture was gradually changed from religious view to a Royal patronage. As for the Ottoman Empire visited France after the…

Edward Said wrote States in order to tell his readers about the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict. States is considered an essay; however, it does not follow the standard essay form. In order to make his point to the reader, Said chose to use unconventional methods in writing. Edward Said used multiple different forms, such as personal stories and pictures, in his essay in order to allow his readers to understand the experiences of Palestinian exiles. Said not only uses his own experiences to…

In the story States written by Edward Said there are many textual elements used to help describe the story and how it is a sad story. It is a different type of story with many different conflicts and ends up ending to perfection. More than 25 years Said states that the Palestinian issues have not gotten better. “We are at once too recently formed and too variously experienced to be a population of articulate exiles with a completely systematic vision and too voluble and trouble making to be…

Legitimacy, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is said to be something that is “sanctioned by or authorized by law or right.” Although dictionaries typically give the most common meaning of a word, many times people will, in a way, coin or redefine terms in order to best fit their views. This is especially seen in Edward Said’s work, “States.” In his writing, Said explores what is means to be Palestinian. The clear answer may simple be someone of the Arabic culture who has descended…

materiality." (Foucault, 52) Accordingly, Edward Said has used Foucault's concept of discourse to analyze Orientalism; in "The Orientalism" he stated that: "I have found it useful here to employ is a Foucault’s notion of a discourse, as described by him in The Archaeology of Knowledge and in Discipline and Punish, to identify Orientalism."(Said, 3) As such, this paper will mainly discuss how Said used Foucault concept of discourse to analyze orientalism. It is true that Said and Foucault share…

migrated to other countries or been absorbed as non-citizens into Israel. In other countries, people no longer consider them as humans but instead consider them to be symbols or representations of being exiled in their country. In his essay “States,” Edward Said combines photographs and writing to represent Palestinians’ fallen identity. His goal was to reclaim the human identity of the Palestinians that were being alienated in different countries;…

began to collect a mass following; however, later Muhammad and his followers began a pilgrimage to the Ka’ba. After the death of Muhammad, the Islamic practices have still continued as rapidly as before. Author’s Thesis: In “The World of Islam” Edward Said describes the growing population of the Islamic community, culture and practices…

has evolved into the concept of Orientalism. With regard to this, Edward Said reveals the irrationality of the Western perspective and their approach to a differing culture as if the Eastern culture is completely opposed to the Western. In connection to this, Said points out that everything that is connected to the Eastern tradition is regarded by the representatives of the Western civilization as “backward” and even “inferior” (Said 40). This way of thinking makes the Western cultures perceive…