Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:12:38 -0500 From: satish kolluri <skolluri-AT-DEPAUW.EDU> Subject: Zizekean philosophy Dear Mohammed, Zizek's psychoanlytically inflected sexual jokes aside, yes, SOME anti-colonialists are racists too. For example, anti-colonial, upper caste Brahmins in India oppress Dalits in the name of "untouchability," which is a form of racism. In other words, casteism is a form of racism that is specific to the Indian context. As a discourse it is derived from categories of racial purity (the so-caled Aryan heritage of the Brahmins)and color (Aryans are usually fairer than Dravidians - caste-varana-color). Some "anti-colonial" Brahmins, if not all, subscribe naively to the liberal ideology of multiculturalism as they do religiously to the ideology of Hindutva. Please excuse me for this cryptic reply but I have to run for my Thanksgiving break..... Best, satish ********************************************** Satish Kolluri, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences, 103E Performing Arts Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135 Ph: 765 658 6559 (O) 765 655 1802 (H) skolluri-AT-depauw.edu --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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