Said Edward History and Overlapping Territories

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Said Edward, history, and Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories (2014) claims that there is a need to understand entirely the past experience of the past events because past events that always inform the present activities. This is another way of explaining that people’s understanding and perception of the present period has been influenced by the past events. Said argues that imperialism is not only tied to economic gain but also is intrinsically connected to the culture. Said refers imperialism as the practice of settling on/occupying and controlling lands which belonged to others. Imperialism is what led to colonialism in the past.
By tracing the development of European colonialism, Said connected the “Age of Empire” to the globalization process to illustrate how the cultural imperialism operated during the colonial era and showed how the impacts of such past experiences (European colonialism) informed the present global era. Commonly known as American “greatness,” United States also participated in the imperialism and was involved in the post-World War 2 Era in imperialist initiatives throughout the world. Although, direct colonialism has come to an end in the contemporary context, said justifies that imperialism still functions particularly in the cultural sphere.
His purpose is to show how past events have influenced the development of the present events. Said explains how imperialism enabled development of metropolitan centers (territories of the imperial power) and this also has led to the development of people who live in rural /remote/distant places of the land of empire. Said examined the imperialism of colonialist powers to understand how the culture (through the integration of musical/musical/visual arts, literature, and education) integrated to created a shared national consciousness. In this way, Said wants to understand how the quest of national imperial goals was connected with the general national culture. Furthermore, Said shows how the impacts of economic and cultural imperialism have influenced post-colonial states to develop close relationships with the Western countries.
Said positions himself as a scholarly researcher who is informative and wants to reach the students who study historical realms; historical educators; and researchers, professionals and individuals who want to acquaint themselves with historical knowledge.
I get this reading interesting because it is informative. It enables readers to understand how culture has resulted in the development of imperialism whose effects have led to the development of the present activities (for example, globalization).
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