Orientalist Explanations of Middle Easts Underdevelopment Questions

1) What is Orientalism? What are its key arguments?

2) What are the Orientalist explanations of Middle East’s underdevelopment?

3) Do you agree with them? Why/Why not (in your answer consider also the assigned reading by Chang)

• evelopment Fault Lines
• Context Module Sub Header7a: Institutions
• Study Questions-Part 7aPageStudy Questions-Part 7a
• Part 7a_Development Faultlines_Institutions.pdfAttachmentPart 7a_Development Faultlines_Institutions.pdf
• Chang_Bad_Samaritans_Ch.9.pdfAttachmentChang_Bad_Samaritans_Ch.9.pdf
• Said-Introduction_and_chapter_1_of_Orientalism.pdfAttachmentSaid-Introduction_and_chapter_1_of_Orientalism.pdf
• Bernard-Lewis_Islam and Democracy.pdfAttachmentBernard-Lewis_Islam and Democracy.pdf
• Kuran_JEP_Why MENA is Undervedeloped.pdfAttachmentKuran_JEP_Why MENA is Undervedeloped.pdf
• Islamoglu-Inan_2004_Introduction.pdfAttachmentIslamoglu-Inan_2004_Introduction.pdf
• *Dahi and Demir_2008_MENA.pdfAttachment*Dahi and Demir_2008_MENA.pdf
• Context Module Sub Header7b: Environmental issues, food and water security
• Study Questions-Part 7bPageStudy Questions-Part 7b
• Part 7b_Development Faultlines_Water.pdfAttachmentPart 7b_Development Faultlines_Water.pdf
• Context Module Sub HeaderPolitical Economy of Middle East, Ch. 6.
• *Arab_Human_Development_Report2009.pdfAttachment*Arab_Human_Development_Report2009.pdf