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“Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist with about the same effort and commitment required in choosing items from a menu.”

Quote by Edward Said

Book:Culture And Imperialism

Work

Culture And Imperialism

This scholarly work delves into the profound influence of imperialistic policies on various cultures, examining how these interactions have shaped and been shaped by cultural narratives and practices. more

Author

Edward Said was a distinguished American academic, cultural critic, and public intellectual. He served as a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and is widely recognized for his seminal work 'Orientalism', which critically examines the West's depiction of the East. Born on November 1, 1935, in Jerusalem, he passed away on September 24, 2003. more

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“Ideas, cultures, and histories cannot seriously be understood or studied without their force, or more precisely their configurations of power, also being studied.”

Ideas Culture Force Understood Configuration Orientalism

Book:Orientalism

Source: Orientalism

“Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.”

Racist Orientalism

Author:Edward Said

“Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised that subordination, fracturing, diffusion, reproducing, as much as producing, creating, forcing, guiding, are necessary aspects of elaboration.”

Values Strong Creating Aspect Historical Insight Complexity Density Subordination Diffusion Reproducing

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“The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.”

States Culture United United States Confrontation Other Cultures

Author:Edward Said

“Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient—dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, ruling over it: in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient.”

Views Teaching Style Authority Institutions Western Statements Corporate Settling Over It Ruling Describing Dominating Dealing With It Restructuring Orientalism

Author:Edward Said

“Uninformed and yet open to appeals for justice as they are, Americans are capable of reacting as they did to the ANC campaign against apartheid, which finally changed the balance of forces inside South Africa.”

Force Justice Changed Balance Capable South Campaigns Appeals South Africa Apartheid Reacting Uninformed

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“In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.”

World Littles Doe Harder

Book:Breaking the Sound Barrier

Source: Breaking the Sound Barrier

“But for the media to name their coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq the same as what the Pentagon calls it — everyday seeing 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' — you have to ask: 'If this were state controlled media, how would it be any different?'”

Ifs Different States Asks Names Seeing Media Everyday Iraq Operations Controlled Invasion Coverage Pentagon

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“Going to where the silence is. That is the responsibility of a journalist: giving a voice to those who have been forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful.”

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Author:Amy Goodman

“We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.”

People Country Character Media Democratic Serving Democratic Society True Character

Author:Amy Goodman