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Root number
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506214 |
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Semester
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HS2025 |
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Type of course
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Course |
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Allocation to subject
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History |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
Occidentalism: The Modern ‘West’ in the Eyes of the ‘Rest’ |
| Description |
Should the writing of history only depend on hard empirical facts or do imaginations, rumours and fiction also play a role in the shaping of history? Since Edward Said, much has been written about the invention of the ‘Orient’ for the imperial interests of the ‘West’. This course aims to turn the gaze. Much of the same ‘Orient,’ or the ‘Global South’ has also imagined, constructed, contrived, and fabricated visions of the ‘West’ – borne out of the conditions of their engagement – be it, colonialism, asymmetric globalisation, economic competition or cultural domination over the 19th and 20th centuries. What can we learn from these visions and imaginations about the rather complex relationship between the so-called ‘Orient’ and ‘Occident’?
This sources course aims to engage with both the theoretical concept of ‘Occidentalism’ as well as concrete cases of these imaginations of the homogenized ‘West’ through a reading of an array of texts including historical primary sources, travel literature, and fiction excerpts, from different regions of the world including Maoist China, imperial Japan, colonial India, Latin America, and parts of colonial Africa. The course will investigate what motivates these imaginations and what are its implications in political, historical and sociological terms. The participants will try to turn the gaze back on ‘the West’ and try to see it through the eyes of the ‘rest,’ re-thinking so-called ‘non-Western’ experience and their historical consequences. |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to ILIAS (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Sagnik Bhattacharya, Institute of History, Modern and Contemporary History ✉
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ECTS
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5 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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No |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Friday 10:15-12:00 Weekly
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| Rooms |
Seminarraum 212, Hauptgebäude H4
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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