Episode 28 - Orientalism, Cultural Imperialism and Nic Cage
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The Origins of the Concept of Being the West
When we talk about orientalism, there's something that's doing the observing. The west likes to present itself as some kind of monolith it can stand against. Being western occidental makes absolutely no sense because thre's not based on skin color or ethnicity and geography. You're not western unless youre a free marketer. And for a brief interm period during the twentieth century, was also standing against communism. My own country has been at the butt ends of this political relevancy - what do the americans say? What end is that Rightikis of the rifle, so therethere? It's actuallythe kind fhat kind of loosely connects es a point i
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