HIS-360 Orientalism and the Making of the Modern World
The contemporary world of independent nation
states variously categorized into "developed" and
"developing," "first world" and "third world,"
"western" and "non-western," is a critical
artifact of the recent age of empires. Drawing on
Edward Said's theories about the construction of
colonial knowledge, as well as the patterns,
economics, and social formations of European and
Asian empires, this course will examine the
modern world in relation to the recent imperial
past and subsequent developments in the
post-colonial era.