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How (and when) was the world divided into two (East/West, Orient/Occident, and later, North/South), and when (and how) did this division assume the form of domination? This course intends to search the roots of this division (and later, a unilateral, cultural, political and economic domination) from the fundamental characteristics of ancient civilisations throughout the globe, to the more recent establishment of capitalism and its gradual ascension to a world order. Throughout the course, the concepts of ‘Colonialism’, ‘Imperialism’, ‘Postcolonialism’ and ‘Orientalism’, as well as ‘Westernisation’, ‘Modernisation’ and ‘Development’ will be discussed, expanded and problematized, from historical, sociological, anthropological, cultural, political and psychoanalytic perspectives.
The main goal of this course is to broaden the students’ outlook on the concepts of ‘Civilisation’ and ‘Culture’, suggesting different outlooks in Cultural Studies and Social and Human Sciences. On successful completion of the course the students will be able to apply basic concepts of ‘Colonialism’, ‘Imperialism’, ‘Postcolonialism’ and ‘Orientalism’, to Cultural Studies and Social and Human Sciences, as well as the current international political situation. And finally, they will also be expected to be able to recognize the major encounters between Postcolonial Studies and other transdisciplinary world-outlooks, such as Marxism and feminism.
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