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Edward Said's book, Orientalism, tries to answer the question of why, when we think of the Middle East, we have a preconceived notion of what kind of people live there - what they believe, how they act - even though we have never even been there, or indeed, even met anyone from there. Orientalism asks, "How do we come to understand people, strangers, who look different to us, by virtue of the color of their skin?" Said argues that the way the West - Europe and the U.S. - looks at the countries and peoples in the Middle East is through a lens that distorts the actual reality of those places and those people. He calls this lens through which we view that part of the world "Orientalism": a framework that we use to understand the unfamiliar and the strange, to make the peoples of the Middle East appear different and threatening.
Said argues that understanding a vast and complex region like the Middle East in this narrow way takes away from the humanity and diversity of millions of ordinary people living decent and humane lives there. This program explores these issues in depth through an interview with Professor Said.
"The challenge now is - I wouldn't call it anything other than coexistence. How does one coexist with people whose religions are different, whose traditions and languages are different, but who form part of the same community, a polity, in a national sense? How do we accept difference without violence and hostility?" ~ Edward Said
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Tags: Orientalism, Imperialism, Edward Said, Politics, Race, Culture, Media, History, Humanity,
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Show Links Edward Said - Orientalism as a Tool of Colonialism
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Orientalism as a Tool of Colonialism - Edward Said
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40m31s
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Original Show on CorbettReport.com with transcript, mp3 audio, and videos on other video channels
Buycotts – #SolutionsWatch
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21m54s
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Website & Links
Edward Said - About
britannica.com/biography/Edward-Said
Corbett Report
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Edward Said's book, Orientalism, tries to answer the question of why, when we think of the Middle East, we have a preconceived notion of what kind of people live there - what they believe, how they act - even though we have never even been there, or indeed, even met anyone from there. Orientalism asks, "How do we come to understand people, strangers, who look different to us, by virtue of the color of their skin?" Said argues that the way the West - Europe and the U.S. - looks at the countries and peoples in the Middle East is through a lens that distorts the actual reality of those places and those people. He calls this lens through which we view that part of the world "Orientalism": a framework that we use to understand the unfamiliar and the strange, to make the peoples of the Middle East appear different and threatening.
Said argues that understanding a vast and complex region like the Middle East in this narrow way takes away from the humanity and diversity of millions of ordinary people living decent and humane lives there. This program explores these issues in depth through an interview with Professor Said.
"The challenge now is - I wouldn't call it anything other than coexistence. How does one coexist with people whose religions are different, whose traditions and languages are different, but who form part of the same community, a polity, in a national sense? How do we accept difference without violence and hostility?" ~ Edward Said
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Tags: Orientalism, Imperialism, Edward Said, Politics, Race, Culture, Media, History, Humanity,
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Show Links Edward Said - Orientalism as a Tool of Colonialism
YouTube
youtu.be/iIbNeiVYkR0
Run Time: 57:59;07
View Original Show
Orientalism as a Tool of Colonialism - Edward Said
youtu.be/GhTLPq4KExM
40m31s
PSA and PSX Extensions
Original Show on CorbettReport.com with transcript, mp3 audio, and videos on other video channels
Buycotts – #SolutionsWatch
corbettreport.com/buycotts-solutionswatch
21m54s
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Also, this show is available for local public TV stations to broadcast. Phone your local public TV station (LPTV) to request they broadcast this film to your local community. Your station can download the film in TV broadcast format, HD or SD, from www.PEGMedia.org . This film is available for broadcast from any LPTV station in the country - and world. Stations that use Telvue, DVDs or other media can contact us for instructions.
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Website & Links
Edward Said - About
britannica.com/biography/Edward-Said
Corbett Report
Website: corbettreport.com
Internet Archive: archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22The+Corbett+Report%22
Bit Chute: bitchute.com/channel/corbettreport/
bitchute.com/channel/corbettreportextras Minds minds.com/CorbettReport
Odysee odysee.com/@corbettreport
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