Edward Said and the Cultural History of British Colonialism in India
Author | : Moritz Deutschmann |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 2011-01-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783640797516 |
ISBN-13 | : 3640797515 |
Rating | : 4/5 (515 Downloads) |
Download or read book Edward Said and the Cultural History of British Colonialism in India written by Moritz Deutschmann and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2009 in the subject History - Basics, European University Institute (Department of History, Florenz), language: English, abstract: This text discusses the role of culture in the history of European colonialism. It takes Said's notion of "Orientalism" as a starting point. It then discusses two very different books that have tried to make Said's notion useful for the study of concrete colonial situations: Christopher Bayly's "Empire and Information", and Nicholas Dirks' "Castes of Mind". Whereas Bayly's concept of an "information order" tries to undermine ideas about a European hegemony of knowledge, Dirks stresses the far-reaching influence European concepts had even on post-colonial notions of caste in India.