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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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    Palestinians’ Lives There are so many different texts that are out there. People from different cultures and communities write texts that we usually do not take seriously. We do not want to see their point of view about things. We just want them to understand 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

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    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 identity and Freedom. Body: With the start of European colonization‚ the Europeans

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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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    years of the 1800’sAmerican focus took a unexpected turn from industrial development to the far more risky game of international politics. Previously a primarily isolationist country‚ America’s burst of imperialism appeared almost random. After all‚ President Washington’s Proclamation of Neutrality set the precedent for a non-interventionist country‚ which the United States as adhering to‚ more or less. However‚ considering the extremely popularity of Manifest Destiny‚ imperialism can only be an

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    American Imperialism During the late nineteenth century America was a growing and prosperous country. The Civil War had ended and the United States was once again unified. As the United States gained more money and power‚ it looked to overseas trade to monopolize on their raw materials. The United States began to trade with Japan‚ China Latin America and other countries to acquire these distant resources. In order to protect these investments‚ the U.S. had place upon these foreign countries their

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    States. This movement culminated in the Spanish-American War‚ a conflict that began over freeing Cuba and ended with the highly controversial acquisition of the Philippines and other territories. The war signaled the arrival of the United States as a great power on the global scene. CHAPTER SUMMARY Various developments provoked the previously isolated United States to turn its attention overseas in the 1890s. Among the stimuli for the new imperialism were the desire for new economic markets‚ the

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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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    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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    American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries‚ almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste of imperialism came about five hundred years ago when Columbus

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