Explain how Foucault’s concepts influence Said’s Orientalism.

What will be an ideal response?


For Foucault, power/knowledge are two sides of the same coin: power is exercised through knowledge, while knowledge is an exercise of power. Knowledge is constructed and communicated through discourse—words that declare a state of being while simultaneously declaring how things are not. For example, when a person says or writes that Palestinians are terrorists, he is constructing an identity that at the same time excludes other possible identities. Yet, Palestinians are no more any one “thing” than Israelis, Americans, Germans, Mexicans, or Koreans. Nevertheless, such a claim often is offered as “knowledge,” and to the extent that it gains credibility, it also becomes infused with the power to produce a reality that does not exist outside of the discourse that constitutes it.

Sociology

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Sociology

Which of the following would be an example of a media frame?

A. reporting some issues and events as "breaking news" B. editing a news segment so that images are overlaid on narrations of a story C. discussing an event or issue as a matter of "justice," "liberty," or "democracy" D. formulating a news headline in a way that is attention getting

Sociology

Societies instill some degree of ______ into their members because they promote cultural beliefs. This is contrary to ______, which requires one to set aside one's own cultural and personal beliefs.

A. cultural relativism; ethnocentrism B. macroculture; microculture C. ethnocentrism; cultural relativism D. microculture; macroculture

Sociology

The greatest increases in life expectancy have occurred in ______.

A. developing countries B. developed countries C. the Global North D. eastern Europe

Sociology