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Nov 2022
33m 54s

On Edward Said's "Orientalism"

Marshall Poe
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Beginning in the 17th century, European countries began colonizing countries east of Europe. They imposed their own ideas over local cultures and extracted free labor and resources. One way that European colonizers justified this exploitation was through an academic discipline called Orientalism. In 1978, Edward Said, a professor of literature at Columbia Un ... Show More
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