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Item Details
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EDWARD SAID
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| By: |
Valerie Kennedy |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0745620183 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780745620183 |
| Publisher: |
POLITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 August, 2000 |
| Series: |
Key Contemporary Thinkers |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Edward Said is one of the foremost thinkers writing today. His work as a literary and cultural critic, a political commentator, and the champion of the cause of Palestinian rights has given him a unique position in western intellectual life. This new book is a major exploration and assessment of his writings in all these main areas. |
| Synopsis: |
Edward Said is one of the foremost thinkers writing today. His work as a literary and cultural critic, a political commentator, and the champion of the cause of Palestinian rights has given him a unique position in western intellectual life. This new book is a major exploration and assessment of his writings in all these main areas. Focusing on Saida s insistence on the connection between literature, politics and culture, Kennedy offers an overview and assessment of the main strands of Saida s work, drawing out the links and contradictions between each area. The book begins with an examination of Orientalism, one of the founding texts of post--colonial studies. Kennedy looks at the book in detail, probing both its strengths and weaknesses, and linking it to its sequel, Culture and Imperialism. She then examines Saida s work on the Palestinian people, with his emphasis on the need for a Palestinian narrative to counter pro--Israeli accounts of the Middle East, and his searing criticisms of US, Israeli, and even Arab governments.The book closes with an examination of Saida s importance in the field of post--colonial studies, notably colonial discourse analysis and post--colonial theory, and his significance as a public intellectual. This book will be of great interest to anyone studying post--colonialism, literary theory, politics, and the Middle East, as well as anyone interested in Saida s writings. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Polity Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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