Postcolonial Studies

This multiple interpretations practice is based on an article by by Stein Tønnesson, research professor, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS): Orientalism, Occidentalism and Knowing about Others.

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1. Which of the following positions does Tønnesson advocate in "Orientalism, Occidentalism and Knowing about Others"?
   1. "[T]o engage ourselves as intellectuals in a critical, moral analysis of the centuries-old Western domination of the East while at the same time maintaining a critical distance to repressive social systems in the East."
   2. "Those among us who have sentimental qualms about being Western because of birthplace, skin colour, language or religion, should convert to the Occident because of its superior values: the freedom to say what you want (and sell your soul on TV)."
   3. It must be possible to do what Liu Binyan suggests: to use "the best of all civilizations, not emphasizing the differences between them", to promote global civilization, create or build one world on the basis of shared human values, fight seclusiveness and protectionism without also promoting domination."
   4. All of the above.

2. What does Tønnesson think would be Edward Said's response to his suggested position?

3. How does this article relate to our discussions of Fellman's Rambo and the Dalai Lama?

4. Who is Liu Binyan??

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