Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 502 The Writers’ Bloc with Kathryn S. on Orientalism
Counter-Currents RadioThe eclectic scholar Kathryn S. returned to join host Nick Jeelvy on the latest broadcast of The Writers’ Bloc for a discussion on Orientalism — what happens when Western man gazes eastwards — and it is now available for download and online listening.
Topics discussed include:
00:08:30 Kathryn’s introduction (her essay “I Dream of Djinni: Orientalist Manias in Western Lands,” Part 1 and Part 2)
00:13:00 Donations
00:16:30 Orientalism according to Edward Said
00:35:00 Western ruling class perception of its own population
00:42:00 Napoleon
00:47:00 Western curiosity about the world
00:59:00 Where Said gets it wrong
01:08:00 Superchats
01:09:00 Decadent xenophilia towards the Orient
01:20:00 Superstitious peasants and folk horror
01:41:00 Is it possible to have a healthy Orientalism?
01:56:00 Summary
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