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Pour Said, l’orientalisme a eu des conséquences sur les représentations occidentales bien au-delà de la période coloniale. Ce refus d’historiciser les sociétés « orientales », cette façon de les essentialiser et de les représenter comme figées, éternellement vicieuses et structurellement incapables de se gouverner, vision qui justifie par avance toutes les brutalités, continuent selon Said d’imprégner les perceptions euro-américaines de la fin du XXe siècle et du début du XXIe, par exemple lors de l’invasion de l’Irak en 2003.
Capital Et Idéologie
Thomas Piketty
When he conducts job interviews, he tells prospective employees: “If you need me to motivate you, I probably don’t want to hire you.”
Your task is simple: instill in people a feeling of inner security. Mirror their values; show that you like and respect them. Make them feel you appreciate their wisdom and experience. Generate an atmosphere of mutual warmth. Get them to laugh along with you, instilling a feeling of rapport. All of this works best if the feelings are not completely faked. By exercising your empathy, by getting inside their perspective (see chapter 2 for more on this), you are more likely to genuinely feel at least a part of such emotions. Practice this often enough and confirming people’s self-opinion will become your default position—you will have a loosening-up effect on almost everyone you encounter.
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
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