tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post115577106639351145..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: Multiculturalism once moreambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1155783641355736382006-08-16T21:00:00.000-06:002006-08-16T21:00:00.000-06:00And if the Other is not studied, if the Other mere...And if the Other is not studied, if the Other merely exists, it's easier to embrace one-worldism because whatever the Other is, it can simply be seen as various neighborhoods in a community.<BR/><BR/>These neighborhoods exist within countries but have cross-border ties. Thus the nation-state ceases to have meaning.<BR/><BR/>Thus war is outmoded and any problems of bad behavior can be solved through police work.<BR/><BR/>Saad must certainly have embraced pan-arabism.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1155777680162617132006-08-16T19:21:00.000-06:002006-08-16T19:21:00.000-06:00Funny thing about Said: a few months ago, some blo...Funny thing about Said: a few months ago, some blogger was quoting Said quoting "orientalist" opinions of Islam (and perhaps of Arabs). Said was saying (way back in the 80s or 90s) look at how crazily hyperbolic is this orientalism (assuming it would be obvious hate literature to his western audience since no people could really be like this description). But today, the quote seems pretty run-of-the-mill in its depiction of sincere Jihadist motivations. Post 9/11, everyone was nodding and saying Said's orientalist got it about right.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1155772634134447152006-08-16T17:57:00.000-06:002006-08-16T17:57:00.000-06:00Of course, Said "objectified" orientalism along wi...Of course, Said "objectified" orientalism along with anyone whom he thought practiced it.Barry Dauphinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808109325931309525noreply@blogger.com