MLA Citation:
Nye, Malory. “#016, Postcolonialism and Religion.” Medium, 28 Aug. 2020, medium.com/religion-bites-podcast/016-postcolonialism-and-religion-a138de8dff73. Accessed 21 Feb. 2021.
Summary of Podcast:
Postcolonialism is the world after the colonial era and has shaped the way culture and religion have been understood. It is a time that allows us to examine how colonialism has affected the world and learn from the history of said colonialism.
Arguments made in Podcast:
Postcolonialism is not solely focused on the study of colonialism in western countries, rather the study of colonialism and its effects across the globe. Postcolonialism is to study why and how we think about colonialism and not just as simply as the west versus the non-west.
Most interesting contributions to topic:
Postcolonialism is a historical tool to analyze the power struggles between many different groups of people.
New Information:
Postcolonialism relies on other studies to come together to fully understand and analyze the way colonial histories affected the world.
Further Reading:
Edward Said’s Orientalism
Gayatri Spivak, ‘Can the subaltern speak?‘
