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Interpretation Of Globalization - In A Postcolonial Context Saeed

Posted on:2011-03-29Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y R SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360305468566Subject:Literature and art
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Edward . Said is a American-Palestinian person who enjoys the greatest reputation of literature critic and the theory of post-colonialism leader. Through the long time observation to politics and the deeply understanding of Western classical works, he initiated the severe challenge to the Western traditional orientalism. His work《Orientalism》analyzed how the real Eastern turned to be fuzzy by the description of colonizer.《Culture and Imperialism》had demonstrated the miscellanies of culture and political as well as the hegemony politics using the trick to culture infiltration, carry out values and life style still existence. Actually, between the post-colonialism and globalization have the special interaction. Globalization does not mean the end of colonization. Edward . Said used his sharply language torn up the hypocritical mask of cultural colonizer, and also warned alarm for the countries about the cultural security problems. These inspires us to recognize the present situation of our culture, develop the national culture vigorously, seek the way to improve the condition that Eastern had lose their words power, and use positive manner to do the cultural industry construction, the clam brains to avoid cultural vigilant, illuminates the Eastern culture which to be dark for a long time. As a easternlism worker, Edward . Said is not the national fighter but a humanity person. He initiates to eliminate the opposition between the Eastern and the Western on the base of the multicultural respect different foundation. This essay eyes on the discussion of Edward . Said's classic works, through the excavation of his views expose that the harmful of imperial thought and the importance of culture to be a communication medium, found the strategies to face to cultural colonization and keep the national culture to be security.The essay divides into five parts. The first part introduces the background of globalization and post-colonialism theory, analysis Edward . Said's main idea, works and the impaction which the globalization gives to the native culture. The second part elaborates the Western colonize complex. Through the analyze of《Orientalism》and《Culture and Imperialism》, points that the east is not the east but a make living method by west. Point out the miscellanies of culture and politics by the elaboration of cultural imperial. The third part discusses Said's difficult position and ideal region. Through analyze Said's theory deeply and set examples to excavate the cultural thought which can easily be twisted and neglected. Provide the theory basis for the solution of culture's conflict and the paragenesis. The fourth part discusses cultural conflict question which under the globalization background. Using Said's post-colonialism theory, and by the elaboration of the globalization conflicts which gives to native culture to indicate that under the globalization background the cultural conflicts are unable to evade. The fifth part elaborates Said's thinking which about the cultural security problem. By analyzing Said's post-colonialism theory to indicate the contradiction established on the cultural interdependence and struggle with each other. Explore the development model of our country's culture security policy with Said's culture theory thinking.
Keywords/Search Tags:East, Culture-imperialism, Post-colonialism Cultural Interdependence and Confliction, Culture security
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