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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Political Science

166-425 Orientalism: Discourse and Method

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 4th year

Coordinator:

Michael Dutton

Prerequisite/s:

Admission to fourth-year Political Science.

Contact:

A 2-hour seminar a week.

Content:

The work of Edward Said has been central to recent critiques of conventional area studies and to the emergence of many post-colonial voices. The subject examines his post-structuralist credentials, revealing a somewhat more conventional figure. More worrying, however, is the fact that it reveals serious weaknesses in the notion of Orientalism itself. This subject attempts to resurrect a notion of Orientalism which takes Foucault seriously.

Assessment:

Written work totalling 6000 words.
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