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    people were living in other countries‚ the Palestinians have experienced the racial views from the people in different countries. In the essay‚ Said talks about when the Palestinians doesn’t have a state but instead they live in other countries‚where the people has referred the Palestinians as a “legend”. After the Palestinians

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    Critical Thought Paper 1: Orientalism In Orientalism‚ Edward Said discusses the many aspects of the term “Orientalism‚” including its origins‚ the primary ideas and arguments behind Orientalism‚ and the impact that Orientalism has had on the relationship between the West and the East. He quotes Joseph Conrad for the proposition that conquering people who are different from us is “not a pretty thing.” It needs an “idea” to “redeem” it. Said’s concept of Orientalism helps define the “idea” that

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    our point of view. “States” by Edward Said is a transcultural text. A contact zone is the space in which transculturation takes place. Mary Pratt defines “Transculturation is a process whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant metropolitan culture” (323). Palestinians are surrounded by dominant cultures. Pratt uses “transcultural” to describe the dominant groups or cultures because there are so many

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    Samuel Huntington has made famous his thesis "the clash of civilizations"‚ which was developed in his article in Foreign Affairs in 1993 and in the book that followed‚ in which the author expanded his thesis and reaffirmed the validity of his theory after the success and controversy that followed the publication of his article. In fact‚ the “civilizational” approach of conflicts today is now intrinsically linked to a comprehensive theory of international relations‚ which Samuel Huntington has developed

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    Through a unique combination of text and imagery‚ Edward Said crafts an essay about the crisis of identity caused by the Palestinian exile‚ and‚ by using Jane Tompkins essay “‘Indians’: Textualism‚ Morality‚ and the Problem of History”‚ his essay can be analyzed for a better comprehension of his position. In both essays‚ the authors‚ occasionally‚ employ harsh transitions between topics‚ with little to no transitional phrasing‚ which allows Said‚ specifically‚ to augment the feelings of discomfort

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    individuals identity” Research Paper by: Nicole Y. Herma Compare and Contrast: This paper will discuss how Eastern civilization has affected the Western culture and how they differ in society. Also discussed will be how orientalism‚ by Edward Said‚ has played a role in cultural studies in which he has challenged the idea of orientalism. Discuss the future of eastern and western societies and where the American culture stands today. Also discussions on how this effects our individual

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    internationally. A nation or land is where people have established their life‚ their culture and their heart; sadly it has happened where people have been forced out of their homeland. Great opening sentences. Mary Louise Pratt‚ Kenji Yoshino and Edward Said all present very good methods of maintaining one’s national identity in their essays. In Mary Louise Pratt’s essay Arts of the Contact Zone she gives examples of people who are in a contact zone. Contact zones are where people are meeting other

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    E D W A R D W. S A I D : T R U T H ‚ J U S T I C E A N D N AT I O N A L I S M Jan Selby University of Sussex‚ UK ................ Said Foucault Chomsky nationalism Palestine ................ Within post-colonial debates‚ Edward Said has tended to be viewed by critics and admirers alike through a predominantly postmodern lens: as an (albeit inconsistent) Foucauldian genealogist of the relations between western truths and oriental subjugation‚ and as an opponent of cultural

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    ANALYSIS PAPER Orientalism In his introduction to the term “Orientalism‚” Edward Said begins by paraphrasing the writing of a French journalist’s view of the present-day Orient in order to express the major common Western misconception about the East. This misconception exists in the Western mind‚ according to Said‚ as if it were irrelevant that the Orient itself was actually sociologically affected. He then goes on to describe the basis of Orientalism‚ as it is rooted

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    Summary of "On Orientalism" by Edward Said One of the most important themes of the movie “On Orientalism” by Edward Said’s is the approach and the concepts of the area of people that has needed world attention for so long. Edward Said’s study of “Orientalism” includes the Middle East‚ the Near East‚ and the Far East‚ this area of the world starts conflict sooner than any part of the world and it has been this way for almost 2000 years. This whole area of the world is grouped

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