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Baghdad college and the geopolitics of desire: the Jesuit presence and Al-Futuwa nationalists.
- Source :
- Middle Eastern Studies; Mar2017, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p198-210, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- By exploring the hegemonic implications of the Jesuits’ presence in Iraq, this paper examines the geopolitics of desire and cultural dominance that schools may exercise as a representation of institutional power. The Jesuit endeavour in Iraq, including the formation of Baghdad College in the 1930s, is often romanticized and popularized as a true civilizing mission. Baghdad College is often treated as a fetishized commodity that needs to be de-romanticized if it is to be better understood in light of the historical and educational milieu of the time. In what ways can Baghdad College, for instance, be considered a representation of what Ashcroft, Griffiths and Tiffin refer to as ‘the locus classicus of [the] hegemonic process of control’? (2000, p. 63). This paper also argues that the Arab nationalistic movement of Al-Futuwa, which was gaining ground in the first half of the twentieth century, played a crucial role in subverting the hegemonic apparatus exercised by Baghdad College through the use of English and the appropriation of certain worldviews and narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- JESUIT history
GEOPOLITICS
EDUCATION
HISTORY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00263206
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Middle Eastern Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 119953001
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2016.1214581