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On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past

By Hamid Dabashi

Book information

Publisher
Haymarket Books
Year
2020
ISBN
9781642593914, 1642593915
Google Books ID
xzbvDwAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2181071 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2020-11-22 09:09:02

Description

Edward Said (1953–2003) 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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