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Dietrich / Zemmin Jung

Dietrich Jung is a professor in Middle East and Islamic studies at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark.



 



Florian Zemmin is a professor of Islamic studies at Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany.

Postcolonialism and Social Theory in Arabic

Postcolonialism and Social Theory in Arabic

Since Edward Said’s publication of Orientalism in 1978, so-called Western social theory and its claim to universal analytical validity has been exposed to severe criticism. Scholars from the field of postcolonial studies were most vocal in criticizing the Eurocentric nature of the conceptual apparatus of the social sciences.

Postcolonialism and Social Theory in Arabic

Postcolonialism and Social Theory in Arabic

Since Edward Said’s publication of Orientalism in 1978, so-called Western social theory and its claim to universal analytical validity has been exposed to severe criticism. Scholars from the field of postcolonial studies were most vocal in criticizing the Eurocentric nature of the conceptual apparatus of the social sciences.