Rooted in a post-structuralist approach partly inspired by the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault (1926–84), Said coined the notion of Orientalism as a term comprising the whole of European (and later US) ideas, thoughts, cultural depictions, military reports, and claims to superiority...
Underground, a self-described Communist revolutionary group with the intent to overthrow imperialism, that conducted a campaign of bombing public buildings (including police stations, the US Capitol Building, and the Pentagon) during the 1960s and 1970s in response to US involvement in the Vietnam...
Who controlled Asia in the Age of Imperialism? Who was the Emperor of Japan during 54 CE? Who was the Emperor of Japan during Pearl Harbor? Who was Emperor Meiji? What was the Japanese invasion of Manchuria? What nations were controlled by Japan during World War II?
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poetry and indigenous music-inhabited a world distinct from that of urban commoners, who fashioned their own expressive forms and laid the groundwork for today’s ‘gross national cool.’ Popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanese nationalism, imperialism, militarism, postwar democracy and...
You can understand the purpose all these “election meddling” narratives are serving if you can understand two points: firstly, that we are in the middle of a slow-motion third world war between the US-centralized empire and the remaining nations which have resisted being absorbed into it. Se...
a country boy arriving in the big city has a lot to learn. And Malcolm takes us on that journey as he learns the street life. Added to this are his “zoo suits” and “conked” hair which were common on the street in those times. Speaking frankly about his past self, Malcolm dissect...
Fighting US Imperialism Venezuela has been a target because it offers an alternative vision of how society should be organized. Under Hugo Chavez, Venezuela nationalized its vast oil industry and used the profits to fund massive social welfare programs, including free healthcare, education and housing...
(39,42).Inthis light,wemust read the three Germanwomen’sautobio-graphical war reports,which transmit“discrimination and prejudice”via litera-tureto the German publicand make German colonial violence“lookand feelright,”as contributions to the dominant narrative of colonial imperialism ingen-eral ...
There’s a lot of the imperialism, the racism, the class snobbery, the air of misogyny. I suppose I have to remember that these attitudes were the prevalent social attitudes when these books were written. That doesn’t excuse any of the material in them, but it makes it a bit difficult...