ORYANTALİZM VE POSTKOLONYALİZM İLİŞKİSİ

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORIENTALISM AND POSTCOLONIALISM

Abstract

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between orientalism and postcolonialism. Based on this purpose, the concepts of orientalism and postcolonialism are primarily mentioned. In this context, the relationship between the two concepts is revealed. Throughout history, powerful societies have always put pressure on weak ones and aimed to benefit from their resources. Colonial countries that came after the colonial period declared their independence. Western countries have sought new methods to continue their colonies on these countries. Meanwhile, in order to keep other countries different from itself, it saw itself as the center and classified the colonial ones as others. At this point, Orientalism applied this understanding on the concept of the East. The understanding of the West to continue its colonial opportunities after the colonial period and to legitimize it while doing so is expressed as postcolonialism. In this context, an inseparable whole exists between these two concepts and they are related to each other. It would be correct to talk about this relationship as two concepts that nourish each other. As a result, orientalism and postcolonialism have developed in the perspective of the results and problems caused by the West on the East and have been determined to be directly related to each other.

Keywords: Orientalism, Postcolonialism, Imperialism, Colonialism.