Eurocentrism and Orientalism

Eurocentricism emphasizes European concerns, cultures and values ​​words at the expense of others. It uses Europe as the culture, not the expression including the so-called "Western", in other words Western Europe and North America. European centrality believes that Europe is civilized and has a long history European civilization has a unique historical advantage leading to its permanent advantage for all other cultures It is. Eurocentricism ignores its dark side by eliminating the history of Europe by treating the center of Europe as anomalies. At the same time, Eurocentricism underestimated the achievements and contributions of other cultures. Orientalism, the theory and practice expressing "Oriental" in Western thought are controversial concepts. After the era of non-colonization in the second half of the 20th century, more and more academic literature created by eastern scholars challenged the authoritative claims and knowledge created by that discipline.

Many of the substantial criticisms on Eurocentricism such as Orientalism (1978) of Edward Said and Eurocentrism (1988) of Samir Amin focus on Europe, where Europe and the East are encountered as a unique entity. Generation of central knowledge Localization as a result of colonial division between the East and the West is considered to be inappropriate for Latin American experience (Mignolo 1998). North America and Latin America are considered part of Europe and America, but they continue to be affected by Eurocentricism in different ways. For example, in terms of integration into the global economy, the past experience of the United States as part of the center is that past experience of many Latin American countries whose production departments are organized to meet (new) needs It differs greatly. Power of the colonial period

KeremNiÅancancÄÄlu is a lecturer on international relations at the Institute of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. His research focuses on Eurocentricism in international relations and how this Eurocentricism was overturned in theory and history. Especially his research is exploring how the non-European society constructed the modern European social relations. He is a co-author of "How the West of the Law: Geopolitical Origin of Capitalism" (2015) (co-authored with Alexander Anivas)

The colonial theory studies the power and continuous dominant position of exploration of western recognition and knowledge. Research in Edward Said's "Orientalism" is a study of how Eastern Europe's Eurocentricism developed a colonial foundation and justification for other people's control, a suppressed lower class I discuss it conceptually. Before they explored the east, the Europeans created imaginary geography in the east with images of predetermined barbaric and strange places beyond the known world vision. In the original Oriental exploration, European myths were strengthened when travelers returned to Europe with monsters and barbaric land reports. The dual relationship between America and its duality is the basis of colonialism, because it regards the East as a retroactive and irrational land.