This is being used by Nationalist movements in creating/re-creating an identity narrative that opposes the colonial narrative which cherry picks commonly held cultural or social or even biological attributes of a colonized group and attaches negative labels to them. Is there an opposing concept to essentialism? to the effect that cultural traits are not immutable but rather change through time and context? Because even if there were a certain trait which is retrieved as essential to a culture/group and existed before colonialism then after centuries under colonial rule this trait would have changed due to different context (because of history and political economy)?
Thank you. These are great questions. Constructivism is an opposing term to essentialism. And yes, any historical or cultural retrieval is always textual and thus cannot be essential but cultures do tend to essentialize national or tribal identities.
This was a brilliant explanation, thank you professor
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Do you have any articles on this that I can cite? I am trying to avoid citing the video, but want to cite you in my work.
Thank you. I don’t have articles that specifically talks about this but my forthcoming book deals with this.
Much appreciated for narrating it in a simplified manner. So nice of you.
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Thanku sir for giving minute information about postcolonialism
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This was really informative as I hadn't really thought about these terms from the perspectives presented.
Thank you so much.
very informative indeed! I have a question. Don't you think Bhabha'a concepts of third space and hybridity deflate this essentialism?
Thank you. Anything that challenges the essentialist construction of identity, Bhabha included, deflates the essentialist claims to identity.
@@masoodraja Thanx dear Sir, I am obliged to you.
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Thank you...great work professor.
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This is being used by Nationalist movements in creating/re-creating an identity narrative that opposes the colonial narrative which cherry picks commonly held cultural or social or even biological attributes of a colonized group and attaches negative labels to them.
Is there an opposing concept to essentialism? to the effect that cultural traits are not immutable but rather change through time and context? Because even if there were a certain trait which is retrieved as essential to a culture/group and existed before colonialism then after centuries under colonial rule this trait would have changed due to different context (because of history and political economy)?
Thank you. These are great questions. Constructivism is an opposing term to essentialism. And yes, any historical or cultural retrieval is always textual and thus cannot be essential but cultures do tend to essentialize national or tribal identities.
Yes, it is impossible to retrieve any natural historical essence, as history itself is textual.
Very informative vedios .sir it help me a lot..
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Sir plz make vedio on apartheid
Thanks. I will see if I can some time in the future.