The boomerang effect of decolonization : post-orientalism and the politics of difference

Conceptualizing post-Orientalism in new, anti-racist ways. Scholars from various disciplines explore how, two decades after Aimé Césaire spoke of the imperial boomerang, Edward Said’s __Orientalism__ represented the beginnings of his attempts to appropriate the boomerang’s recursive nature and empower decolonial processes that would transform everyone, for the betterment of all. The 1978 publication of Edward Said's Orientalism unsettled the world. Over two decades earlier Aimé Césaire had famously spoken of the boomerang effect of colonization, which dehumanized both the colonizer and the colonized. Over time, Said and his 1978 book took Césaire's anti-imperial critique one step further by enabling the boomerang effect of decolonization. Inspired by that intellectual trajectory, The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization redefines post-Orientalism in a relational and integrative way. This volume draws on the reception and critique of Said's ideas as well as his own attempts to appropriate the boomerang's recursive nature and empower decolonial processes that aimed to transform everyone, regardless of differences both imagined and real, for the betterment of all. Reflecting upon Orientalism, its legacies, and the myriad conversations it has generated, scholars from various disciplines examine acts of anti-racism and liberation through the lens of critical race theory. Covering topics including Said's anti-Orientalist world, Métis/Michif consciousness, writing by the French scholar Jacques Berque, the politics of allyship in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the convergence between healthcare and settler-colonialism in Northwestern Ontario, contributors explore the different paths critiques of imperial cultures and their politics of difference have travelled in Canada and abroad. Said's Orientalism reoriented both decolonization itself and his readers' imaginations. By redefining post-Orientalism as a relational and inclusive mode of liberation, this volume offers tools to think about difference differently, centring its anti-racist framework on the relationship between misrepresented people and their rewritten histories. Contributors include Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Alberta), Rachad Antonius (UQAM), Sung Eun Choi (Bentley), Mary-Ellen Kelm (Simon Fraser), Allyson Stevenson (Saskatchewan), Mira Sucharov (Carleton), and Lorenzo Veracini (Swinborne).

The 1978 publication of Edward Said's Orientalismunsettled the world. Over two decades earlier Aimé Césaire hadfamously spoken of the boomerang effect of colonization, whichdehumanized both the colonizer and the colonized. Over time, Saidand his 1978 book took Césaire's anti-imperial critique one stepfurther by enabling the boomerang effect of decolonization.Inspired by that intellectual trajectory, The Boomerang Effectof Decolonization redefines post-Orientalism in a relationaland integrative way. This volume draws on the reception andcritique of Said's ideas as well as his own attempts to appropriatethe boomerang's recursive nature and empower decolonial processesthat aimed to transform everyone, regardless of differences bothimagined and real, for the betterment of all. Reflecting uponOrientalism, its legacies, and the myriad conversations it hasgenerated, scholars from various disciplines examine acts ofanti-racism and liberation through the lens of critical racetheory. Covering topics including Said's anti-Orientalist world,Métis/Michif consciousness, writing by the French scholar JacquesBerque, the politics of allyship in the Israeli-Palestinianconflict, and the convergence between healthcare andsettler-colonialism in Northwestern Ontario, contributors explorethe different paths critiques of imperial cultures and theirpolitics of difference have travelled in Canada and abroad. Said'sOrientalism reoriented both decolonization itself and hisreaders' imaginations. By redefining post-Orientalism as arelational and inclusive mode of liberation, this volume offerstools to think about difference differently, centring itsanti-racist framework on the relationship between misrepresentedpeople and their rewritten histories. Contributors include YasmeenAbu-Laban (Alberta), Rachad Antonius (UQAM), Sung Eun Choi(Bentley), Mary-Ellen Kelm (Simon Fraser), Allyson Stevenson(Saskatchewan), Mira Sucharov (Carleton), and Lorenzo Veracini(Swinborne).

The 1978 publication of Edward Said's Orientalism unsettled the world. Over two decades earlier Aime Cesaire had famously spoken of the boomerang effect of colonization, which dehumanized both the colonizer and the colonized. Over time, Said and his 1978 book took Cesaire's anti-imperial critique one step further by enabling the boomerang effect of decolonization.Inspired by that intellectual trajectory, The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization redefines post-Orientalism in a relational and integrative way. This volume draws on the reception and critique of Said's ideas as well as his own attempts to appropriate the boomerang's recursive nature and empower decolonial processes that aimed to transform everyone, regardless of differences both imagined and real, for the betterment of all. Reflecting upon Orientalism, its legacies, and the myriad conversations it has generated, scholars from various disciplines examine acts of anti-racism and liberation through the lens of critical race theory. Covering topics including Said's anti-Orientalist world, Metis/Michif consciousness, writing by the French scholar Jacques Berque, the politics of allyship in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the convergence between healthcare and settler-colonialism in Northwestern Ontario, contributors explore the different paths critiques of imperial cultures and their politics of difference have travelled in Canada and abroad. Said's Orientalism reoriented both decolonization itself and his readers' imaginations. By redefining post-Orientalism as a relational and inclusive mode of liberation, this volume offers tools to think about difference differently, centring its anti-racist framework on the relationship between misrepresented people and their rewritten histories. Contributors include Yasmeen Abu-Laban (Alberta), Rachad Antonius (UQAM), Sung Eun Choi (Bentley), Mary-Ellen Kelm (Simon Fraser), Allyson Stevenson (Saskatchewan), Mira Sucharov (Carleton), and Lorenzo Veracini (Swinborne) "The 1978 publication of Orientalism unsettled the world. Over two decades earlier Aimé Césaire had famously spoken of the boomerang effect of colonization, which dehumanized both the colonizer and the colonized. Over time, Said and his 1978 book took Césaire’s anti-imperial critique one step further by enabling the boomerang effect of decolonization. Inspired by that intellectual trajectory, The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization redefines post-Orientalism in a relational and integrative way. This volume draws on the reception and critique of Said’s ideas as well as his own attempts to appropriate the boomerang’s recursive nature and empower decolonial processes that aimed to transform everyone, regardless of both imagined and real differences, for the betterment of all. Reflecting upon Orientalism, its legacies, and the myriad conversations it has generated, scholars from various disciplines examine acts of anti-racism and liberation through the lens of critical race theory. Covering topics including Said’s anti-Orientalist world, Métis/Michif consciousness, writing by the French scholar Jacques Berque, the politics of allyship in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the convergence between healthcare and settler-colonialism in Northwestern Ontario, contributors explore the different paths critiques of imperial cultures and their politics of difference have travelled in Canada and abroad. Edward Said’s Orientalism re-oriented both decolonization itself and his readers’ imaginations. By redefining post-Orientalism as a relational and inclusive mode of liberation, this volume offers tools to think about difference differently, centring its anti-racist framework on the relationship between misrepresented people and their rewritten histories."-- Provided by publisher Cover The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Boomerang Effect of Decolonization PART ONE: Anti-Orientalism in Canada before Edward Said’s Orientalism 1 Dr Howard Adams’s Halfbreed Histories of Canadian Colonialism: An Indigenous Paradigm for Decolonization 2 Boomerang Epistemologies: Indian Health Services, the Sioux Lookout Project, and Colonially Entangled Knowledge PART TWO: Edward Said’s World and the Formation of His Critique of Orientalism 3 Authenticity and Renewal in Jacques Berque’s Critique of Orientalism 4 Edward Said and the Politics of Race 5 Exodus or Revolution: “World Turned Inside Out” vs “World Turned Upside Down” in a 1980s Exchange PART THREE: Post-Orientalism after Edward Said 6 Can the Subaltern of the Subaltern Speak? A Post-Orientalist Reading of Sayyid Qutb’s Notion of Hierarchy 7 The Challenges and Demands of Allyship through the Public Intellectual Platform Contributors Index