The New Yellow Peril: Sinophobia in the 21st Century

By on    China, CHINA & SILK, Corona politics, Ethics and values, Racism  

The New Yellow Peril: Sinophobia in the 21st Century

Tom Fowdy May 11, 2021 Sinophobia is a fear or prejudice expressed towards China and its people. Similar to other varieties of racism, such as Islamophobia, Sinophobia embodies a series of beliefs and discourses that place emphasis on the apparent cultural inferiority and backwardness of “Chinese culture” to the western dynamic, which are used to argue […]

Edward Said On Orientalism

By on    Civilisation and philosophy, Conflict - violence and war, CULTURE, Palestine and Israel, Psychology - war and peace, Sociology, US Empire decline  

Edward Said On Orientalism

  By Edward Said Edward Said’s book “Orientalism” has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines since its publication in 1978. In this engaging (and lavishly illustrated) interview he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of […]