REL 40: World Religions: Asia

REVEIW I: Orientalism

Terms and names:

orientalism
C.G. Jung, J.J. Clarke
Edward Said
cultural enclavism
glass curtain
skandal of particularity
myth of progress
cultural relativism.

Question:

What is orientalism?
What are its causes?
How does it effect the study if "Eastern" Religions?
What are the myths continuing cultural enclavism?
What is the "orient"?
What are the common orientalist stereotypes about the "orient"?
How does orientalism function as ideology?