{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP109 Orientalism and Ideology","description":"This episode we speak to scholar, philosopher, and PhD candidate Jesse Workman about the history of the concept of &quot;Orientalism&quot; - essentially the idea that one's culture, background, religion, and\/or ideology can&amp;nbsp;infect one's scholarship as it pertains to other cultures - and that in the past particularly, this resulted in extremely patronizing and biased scholarship of other cultures and religions. &amp;nbsp;We examine Orientalism in the context of Jesse's specialty of philosophy and religion, and in general in academia, and expand the conversation to the effects of personal politics and ideology in academia.\r\nMentioned in this podcast:\r\nSaid, Edward.&amp;nbsp;Orientalism&amp;nbsp;Vintage; 1st Vintage Books ed edition (October 12, 1979)&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Fhc33k\r\nShopping on&amp;nbsp;Amazon.com?&amp;nbsp; Use our link:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=samurai-20\r\nSamurai Archives Podcast on iTunes:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/samurai-archives-japanese\/id430277324\r\nSamurai Archives Podcast on Stitcher:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=41397&amp;amp;refid=stpr\r\nSupport this podcast:\r\nShop Amazon.com, suport the podcast:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=samurai-20\r\nSamurai Archives Bookstore:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/samurai-20\r\nSamurai Archives Shop&amp;nbsp;(T-Shirts, etc)&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/samuraiarchives\r\nContact Us:\r\nTwitter&amp;nbsp;@SamuraiArchives&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/samuraiarchives\r\nFacebook:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Samurai-Archives\/104533213984\r\nSamurai Archives podcast blog:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.samuraipodcast.com\r\nSamurai Archives Japanese History Forum:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/forums.samurai-archives.com","author_name":"Samurai Archives Japanese History Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.samuraipodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3547869\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/8975294"}