The creation of knowledge about other cultures with the sole aim of controlling them has been admirably documented by Palestinian scholar Edward Said in his mammoth work, Orientalism, published in 1978. This work inspired a whole new discipline, post-colonial studies, which has served, among many other things to throw light on the perpetuation of stereotypes about the Other
The creation of knowledge about other cultures with the sole aim of controlling them has been admirably documented by Palestinian scholar Edward Said in his mammoth work, Orientalism, published in 1978. This work inspired a whole new discipline, post-colonial studies, which has served, among many other things to throw light on the perpetuation of stereotypes about the Other