The myth of the "Clash of civilizations" : Professor Edward Said in lecture
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The myth of the "Clash of civilizations" : Professor Edward Said in lecture
Media Education Foundation, c2002
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Professor Edward Said in lecture
Edward Said : the myth of 'The clash of civilizations'
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Credits: Camera & sound, Steven MacCarthy ; editor, Sanjay Talreja
Summary: "In this important lecture delivered at the University of Massachusetts, Edward Said takes aim at one of the central tenets of recent foreign policy thinking - that conflicts between different and clashing "civilizations" (Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the contemporary world. Said argues that collapsing complex, diverse and contradictory groups of people into vast, simplistic abstractions has disastrous consequences. Presenting instead a vision of the "coexistence" of difference, Said concludes with the fundamental challenge that faces humanity at the turn of the millennium"--Container
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