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Spring 2013 Middle East G6600 section 001 POSTCOLONIAL THEORY | |
| Call Number | 67548 |
| Day & Time Location |
W 2:10pm-4:00pm 467 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH] |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Hamid Dabashi |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Course Description | This course will go over some philosophical and interpretative problems raised by recent works in a field described as "postcolonial theory". It will start with the original debates about "Orientalism" – particularly its critical arguments about the question of representation of the Orient in art and literature, the question of the writing of history, and the logic of basic concepts in the social sciences. The course will analyse some "Orientalist" texts in detail, assess the criticisms offered by postcolonial writers, and take up these three problems – of representation, history and conceptualization for detailed, rigorous critical discussion. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies |
| Enrollment | 12 students as of 11:44PM Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| Subject | Middle East |
| Number | G6600 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences |
| Open To | Graduate School of Arts and Science, Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate, International and Public Affairs |
| Campus | Morningside |
| Section key | 20131MDES6600G001 |
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