1. Rethinking European Past and Future Legacies.
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Frank, Ana
- Subjects
LEGACIES ,COLONIES ,RACISM ,CULTURE conflict ,ORIENTALISM ,HYPOCRISY ,HIJAB (Islamic clothing) ,ISLAM ,SECULARISM ,OPPRESSION ,VIOLENCE against women - Abstract
The paper aims to analyse past European legacies of colonialism, Orientalism and racism and show their contemporary influence on European encounters with and discourses on the 'other'. By showing some examples of European deep and historical implications in many contemporary disputes 'between cultures', we claim that Europe thus fails to recognize its hypocrisy and is therefore not able to approach and solve its 'problems' with the 'other'. Indeed Europe created its 'problematical other'. The paper thus analyses and problematizes general assumptions about the Islamic headscarf issue and its assumed oppression of women, and understandings of minority and immigrant cultures as immanently violent, especially towards women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2010
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