Binary Opposition in Post Colonialism .pptx

This slide centres around the concept “Binary opposition in post-colonialism”,which refers to the contrasting pairs of concepts, such as colonizer/colonized, civilized/savage, and modern/primitive. These binaries were used to justify colonial dominance and perpetuate power imbalances. Post-colonialism seeks to deconstruct these oppositions, revealing their arbitrary nature and challenging inherent biases.

1. Binary Opposition in Post Colonialism

2. 1. Objective Table Of Contents 2 . Colonialism 3. Postcolonialism 4. Stereotype 5 . Binary Opposition 6. Key Concepts of Binary Opposition 7. K ey post-colonial theorists 8. Conclusion

3. Objective To enable students to understand the concept of binary opposition in Post colonialism and apply it to analyze representations of the East and the West.

4. Colonialism Colonialism occurs when one nation subjugates another, conquering its population and exploiting it, often while forcing its own language and cultural values upon its people.

5. Postcolonialism The notion of Postcolonialism, which is inherent in Colonialism, studies the after-effects of response and resistance to the legacy of colonialism. It depicts what really happened after the independence of the once colonized countries.

6. Stereotype

7. Binary Opposition The Binary Opposition is defined as a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning. Antithetical terms: Colonized Evil Black Primitive Uncivilized Colonizer Good White Educated Civilized VS

8. Key Concepts of Binary Opposition Colonizer vs. Colonized: Dominant culture vs. subjugated people Self vs. Other: Representation of colonized as inferior Civilized vs. Primitive/Savage: Construction of colonized as less developed Language of the Colonizer vs. Native Languages: Marginalization of native languages Hybridity: Integration of cultural signs from colonizer and colonized

9. Colonizer vs. Colonized

10. Self vs. Other

11. Civilized vs. Primitive

12. Language of the Colonizer vs. Native Languages

13. Hybridity

14. Key post-colonial theorists: Homi K. Bhabha: "The Commitment to Theory” Edward W. Said: “Orientalism” Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak: “Can the Subaltern Speak?”

15. Conclusion In essence, post colonialism critically examines the ways in which binary oppositions perpetuate the legacy of colonialism – in cultural representation, power dynamics, language, and more – and aims to dismantle these oppositions to create a more inclusive and just understanding of the world.

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