One:The rise of post-colonialism

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OneThe rise of post-colonialism

• Post-colonial theory - Post-colonialism
  \post-colonial theory and post-colonial
  criticism.
• Post-colonial ism- the nation-state and its
  people which has become a colony and has gained
  independence
• The reflection, criticism and research of the
  historical fact of Western cultural colonialism
  and its consequences

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OneThe rise of post-colonialism

• The global political, economic and cultural
  patternsince the end of the colonial era
• Post-colonialism the historical fact of European
  colonialism and the resulting consequences,
  based on the philosophy, history, literature,
  anthropology, psychology, chemistry,
  cross-cultural research.
• In 1970s the late Edward Said's "Orientalism" as
  the symbol

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OneThe rise of post-colonialism

• The rise of post-colonialism
• 1, the social and historical background
• First, the relation between in west and east
  countries after World War II being into tension
• Second, intellectuals with the Oriental origin
  and life experiences into the Western academic
• Third the nationalism long after the end of the
  cold re-emergence
• Fourth,the nation's pursuit of independene in
  conomic globalization and cultural

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• (B) the theoretical source
• 1.the critical discourse (??)of colonialism in
  Africa
• 2.the Marxist nation-state theory
• 3. the Gramsci's cultural hegemony thought
• 4.the power discourse theory(??????) of Foucault
  

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• (C) the basic characteristics
• 1.developing the New cultural relations Field
  between East and West
• 2. Multidimensional analysis to text
• 3. the theory of attempting to go beyond
  Nationalism

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Two the main content of post-colonialism

• (A) the critique of Orientalism (Said)
• First, Orientalism and Orientalism
• 1. Orientalist as an academic researchcategories
  ,it covers all the East-related fields, including
  anthropology, numismatics, archeology, sociology,
  history, literature, culture and so on.

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Two the main content of post-colonialism

• 2. Orientalism as a way of thinking, was based on
  the East and West on the basis of dualism.
  Including the advanced West the rational with
  developed, civilized and the low-level East with
  irrational, brutal, and other issues
• 3. Mechanism for dealing with Oriental Oriental
  Studies, Oriental by making the statements,
  ruling on matters related to the East, the policy
  was based on the East to colonial rule on this
  theory.

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Two the main content of post-colonialism

• Second, the overt and latent Orientalism
  Orientalism
• 1. Obvious Orientalism most of Western writers
  and thinkers in the 19th century were summarized
  as the difference in them in written form of
  personal style and in awareness of the East is no
  different, and constantly confirmed enhance and
  deepen the unequal relationship between East and
  West.
• 2. Insidious Orientalism Oriental scholars of
  bias is not a reflection of their political
  positions, but mainly from the mechanism of
  Oriental Studies of the culture itself.

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Two the main content of post-colonialism

• Third, the geopolitical background of Orientalism
  .
• Orientalism in this research field in itself
  implies that the rise of power between East and
  West contrast.
• 2. Orientalism which has great improvement in the
  Study of mechanisms and the basic content is
  consistent with the period of rapid expansion of
  Europe.

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Two the main content of post-colonialism

• (B) Consideration of Oriental cultural identity
• 1.the identity of the content. Refers to the role
  of cultural identity, self-acceptance and
  recognition of others.
• 2.the distortion and reconstruction of Oriental
  Identity. Western colonial culture, language,
  translation and literature Oriental Identity
  caused the distortion.
• 3.the ethnic(????) and Third World women diaspora
  identity issues.
• Western colonialists created a residents identity
  problem of diaspora blacks and other ethnic
  groups and women.

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Two the main content of post-colonialism

• (C) the value orientation of anti-essentialism.
• 1. the national view of Rejecting essentialist
• 2. the national cultural awareness For the future
  

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Threethe basic evaluation of post-colonialism

• (A) the essence of the theory
• Having emerged in the West, at the same time
  having a historical background of oriental
  culture and the academic discourse and
  theoretical thought.

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Threethe basic evaluation of post-colonialism

• (B) social role
• 1. helping to deepen the understanding for
  Marxist colonialism, imperialism and hegemony
  (????)
• 2.helping Western society Rethinking
  colonialism.
• 3.helping the Eastern world think and process the
  relationship between east and West.

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Threethe basic evaluation of post-colonialism

• Third, the limitations
• 1. the emphasis on cultural criticism and
  discourse analysis, ignoring the political and
  economic analysis
• 2.focusing on the discourse against the neglect
  of the colonial revolution and the effective
  resistance
• 3.the neglect of class, without specifying the
  main anti-colonialism