Nayef Al-Rodhan Quotes
Cultural essentialism is, thus, intimately tied to power relations. Fixity, homogeneity and separateness are prioritised within an essentialist framework. Therefore, part of any effort to resist essentialism is recognising diversity within difference, contingency, mutability and connectedness.
Nayef Al-Rodhan
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Jack Welch
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Eddie McClintock
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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H. G. Bissinger
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Garry Winogrand
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FKA twigs
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Joe Miller
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Ralph Adams Cram
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Alex Pareene
Cultural essentialism is, thus, intimately tied to power relations. Fixity, homogeneity and separateness are prioritised within an essentialist framework. Therefore, part of any effort to resist essentialism is recognising diversity within difference, contingency, mutability and connectedness.
Nayef Al-Rodhan
