Conducting the Conversation: Insights from the Historical and Theological Contextualization of Edward Said's <i>Orientalism</i>

Thompson, Todd M.

doi:10.1111/muwo.12140

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“…The theoretical framework that has been used to inform this research study is Orientalism. Thompson (2016) states, Said's Orientalism remains the most famous and influential critique of discourse about Islam. Orientalism can be defined as a framework that is used to make the peoples of the Middle East and Muslims appear different and threatening (Said, 1979, p.9).…”

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“…These stereotypes are unfortunately still very much present today. Lastly, Thompson (2016) stated that the history of Western thought about Muslim society had been fundamentally shaped by its ties to imperial culture. Said (1979) went onto describe 'Orientalist bias': Muslim culture/religion is seen in contrast to Western and Judeo Christian culture/religion, as a means of exerting Western dominance.…”

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Reconstructing the narratives around young Muslim men in the GTA

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2021

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This research explores the narratives of young Muslim men and challenges social work practitioners to be more critical about their own implicit biases towards them. Existing literature on young Muslim men have not focused on the positive narratives that I personally and professionally know of them. This research examined the harmful impact the historical and current master narrative has on young Muslim men. This was a qualitative study examining Canadian Muslim men. Participants were interviewed through open-ended questions to examine how they continued to thrive regardless of the problematic notions that surround them, the strategies they used to navigate to be successful and their self-perception. The findings present a compelling case for rethinking about the way young Muslim men are perceived, using orientalism in reconstructing how we perceive them. In conclusion, although themes were common amongst both participants, the experiences of young Muslim men cannot be generalized. Key words: Young Muslim men, anti-Muslim racism, orientalism, narrative resistance, social work

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Reconstructing the narratives around young Muslim men in the GTA

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2021

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“…Said developed the idea of Orientalism in his landmark study Orientalism in 1978. He argued that the history of western thought about Arab society had been fundamentally shaped by its ties to imperial culture. Thompson (2016) pointed out that Said portrayed the orient as a constituted entity forged by individual scholars whose outlook had been shaped in deep and subtle ways by the political concerns of imperialism. But Orientalism is also a way of thinking, which constructs the orient as separate, different and "other".…”

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