Overview

Edward Said (1935-2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best known for his critique of orientalism in western portrayals of the Middle East. As a public intellectual, activist, and scholar, Said forever changed how we read the world around us and left an indelible mark on subsequent generations.Hamid Dabashi, himself a leading thinker and critical public voice, offers a unique collection of reminiscences, travelogues and essays that document his own close and long-standing scholarly, personal and political relationship with Said. In the process, they place the enduring significance of Edward Said's legacy in an unfolding context and locate his work within the moral imagination and environment of the time.

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Author:   Hamid Dabashi
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
ISBN:  

9781642592733

ISBN 10:   1642592730
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   10 November 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction One: The Moment of Myth Two: Mourning Edward Said Three: Forget reds under the bed, there's Arabs in the attic Four: For a Fistful of Dust: A Passage to Palestine Five: Dreams of a Nation Six: On Exilic Intellectuals Seven: Paradise Delayed: With Hany Abu‐Assad in Palestine Eight: On Comprador Intellectuals Nine: The Discrete Charm of European Intellectuals Ten: The name that enables: remembering Edward Said Eleven: Orientalism Today: A Conversation Twelve: His Unconquerable Soul: Translating Said into another Key Thirteen: Edward Said's Orientalism: Forty years later Fourteen: Rosa Luxemburg: The unsung hero of postcolonial theory Fifteen: Palestine then and Now Sixteen: Alas, poor Bernard Lewis, a fellow of infinite jest

Reviews

Reading Dabashi is like going for an extended coffee with a very smart friend. -Vijay Prashad, author of The Poorer Nations Said's influence ... was far from being confined to the worlds of academic and scholarly discourse. An intellectual superstar. -Malisse Ruthven, obituary, the Guardian

Author Information

Edward Said was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was the author of more than twenty books, including Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism and On Late Style and his essays and reviews appeared in newspapers and periodicals throughout the world. Edward Said died in September 2003. is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York, an internationally renowned cultural critic, and award-winning author, with over 25 books to his name. He also offers commentary as a current affair essayist and his articles have appeared on major international print, digital, and broadcast media. He is regularly featured on CNN, BBC, CBC, Aljazeera, and other global, national, and local venues. His essays have regularly appeared in al-Ahram Weekly in Egypt, Bir Gun in Turkey, and CNN in the United States. He currently writes a regular column for Aljazeera.

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