Orientalism

T‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌opic: In Orientalism, Edward Said examined the ways in which the Orient has been represented within Western literature, scholarship and politics, and made powerful arguments about the interconnections between power and knowledge, processes of stereotyping and othering, and the deployment of global power. While Orientalism focused on the Middle East and Islam, the book’s concepts concerning Western representations of ‘the Other’ can be extended to other regions, topics, and identities. Apply Said’s ideas about representation, power, knowledge, and processes of othering to a topic, theme, or context, of your choosing. Use references from the following readings: 1. Kwame Anthony Appiah. The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity: Creed, Country, Color, Class, Culture. (Introduction, Chapter 1-6) 2. Edward Said, Orientalism (Introduction, Chapter 1-3 & Afterward) In addition, use references from at le‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌ast two of the following readings: 1. Nadia Abu El-Haj, “Edward Said and the Political Present.” American Ethnologist 32.4 (2005), pp. 538-555. 2. “‘Orientalism,’ Then and Now’”. Adam Shatz. NY Review of Books. 3. Mervat Hatem. “Power & Knowledge Revisited in Middle East Studies.” Review of Middle East Studies . (2009), pp. 3-10 4. Michel Foucault “Nietzsche, Genealogy, History.” In, Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology. Ed. James D. Faubion. The Essential Works of Foucault, Vol 2. New York: The New Press. 1998. Pg. 369-389 5. Meltem Ah?ska. “Occidentalism: The Historical Fantasy of the Modern.” The South Atlantic Quarterly (2003), 6. Yael Navaro. Faces of the State: Secularism and Public Life in Turkey. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Introduction & Chapter 2 (“The Place of Turkey: Contested Regionalism in an Ambiguous Area.”) Lastly, use an‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍‌‍‌‌y 2 external references not listed here

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