Definitions

  1. COLONIALISM– having full or patriarchal control over a country and exploiting it economically
  2. POST COLONIALISM–  the effects left on a country after a country is colonised
  3. DIASPORA– Jewish people that live outside Israel
  4. BAME– A term long used to refer to black, Asian and minority ethnic people in the UK
  5. DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS (GILROY)– Internal conflict in subordinated groups who are oppressed by society
  6. CULTURAL ABSOLUTISM / RACIAL ESSENTIALISM–  belief that intelligence and honesty do not differ from culture to culture
  7. CULTURAL SYNCRETISM– distinctive aspects from cultures that are mixed and blended together to create something unique and new
  8. ORIENTALISM (SAID)– seeing Eastern societies as exotic, primitive, and inferior.
  9. APPROPRIATION– taking something from someone without the owners knowledge
  10. CULTURAL HEGEMONY– dominating a culturally diverse society by the ruling class and manipulating the culture of that society 
  11. THE PUBLIC SPHERE (HABERMAS)– a place where people can come together to freely discuss societal problems

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