Friday, July 20, 2007

Freedom and FREEDOM

http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~acsrrrm/entertext/5_3/ET53SayeedEd.doc

FREEDOM AND FREEDOM (Article)

Individual freedom has been a recurring theme in western literature and society. The essay argues that the word freedom connotes individual freedom in western culture and literature because of the experience of slavery. Since Asia lacked this experience, freedom in the sense of individual freedom has no meaning here. In Asia the word freedom connotes collective freedom in keeping with its colonial experience. Present day implications for the cultural and political transmissions taking place are profound.

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