Post Colonialism Meets Economics: Definitions

Your Name Your Subject and Section Professor’s Name April 19, 2018 Post colonialism meets Economics 1 Orientalism – characteristics, traditions and styles which are defined by their characterization of the people in Asia. 2 Postcolonialism – a paradigm that emphasizes on critical ways of thinking relative to colonial attitudes and perspectives of viewing the world 3 Feminism – a paradigm that aims to liberate women and children (and men in some cases) in all fields of thinking from patriarchal views that dominates the world. 4 Post structuralism – this is a view that serves as a revision and extension of structuralism, which is aimed at textual analysis and the formation of meanings 5 Metropolitan - metropolitan is generally defined by a more dominant geo-political unit. However, it is more specifically used in relation to the periphery, where the former relates to dominance and the latter subordination. 6 Periphery – In contrast, peripheries refer to a geo-political unit that is highly dependent of controlled by the metropolitan. 7 Epistemological – refers to the theory of knowledge and how it is generated. Epistemology could be radical as it questions who, what, why, and how knowledge is generated. 8 Ethnocentrism – ethnocentrism refers to one’s particular belief that his/her view of the world (culture) is right, whereas other...