How do Edward Said, the music of Johan Sebastian Bach, and Michel Foucault resonate? Who was Edward Said? How do our preconceptions of Orientalist representations distort and stereotype Eastern cultures? And are representations always political? These elements and questions compose today's topic: Orientalism.

Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Gijs van Oenen & Jamie van der Klaauw explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy.  

Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.