First of all, extremely sorry for posting so late.
At the end of the course now, Said's exposition on secularism has become a lot clearer. A secular figure is someone who occupies space outside the dominant culture but his or her identity is still defined by this culture. Through a process of exile, marginalization, heretical ideas or any expression that does not conform to the dominant narrative causes that person to reside outside this space. As a consequence, that person is now capable of critiquing the dominant narrative while still being a part of it. Conversely, there could be people who conform to the dominant narrative and in the process they exclude other classes and identities which becomes problematic (referring to our class on Dil Dil Pakistan and Main to Dekhun Ga).
Keeping all of this in mind, it becomes apparent that there are at the end only two distinct, polarized positions that one can occupy and my question is that could there exist other identities or modes of criticism?
At the end of the course now, Said's exposition on secularism has become a lot clearer. A secular figure is someone who occupies space outside the dominant culture but his or her identity is still defined by this culture. Through a process of exile, marginalization, heretical ideas or any expression that does not conform to the dominant narrative causes that person to reside outside this space. As a consequence, that person is now capable of critiquing the dominant narrative while still being a part of it. Conversely, there could be people who conform to the dominant narrative and in the process they exclude other classes and identities which becomes problematic (referring to our class on Dil Dil Pakistan and Main to Dekhun Ga).
Keeping all of this in mind, it becomes apparent that there are at the end only two distinct, polarized positions that one can occupy and my question is that could there exist other identities or modes of criticism?
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