(P/B) POWER, POLITICS AND CULTURE

Παρουσίαση

No single book has captured the range of Edward Said's knowledge like Power, Politics and Culture. In these twenty-nine interviews collected over the last three decades, Said addresses everything from Palestine to Pavarotti, from his nomadic upbringing under colonial rule to his politically active and often controversial life in America. Said's passion for literature, music, history and politics is everywhere apparent, confirming his status as one of the most thought-provoking and engaging thinkers of our times. (From the publisher)

"A fascinating, oblique entry into the mind of one whose own writings are a brilliant questioning chronicle of contemporary culture and values". (Nadine Gordimer)

"Lucid, passionate". (Terry Eagleton, New Statesman)

"This collection serves as a kind of intellectual biography: reading interviews is reading a man's life through the people who ask questions. It is difficult to think of any other literary official who would be worth the treatment... it is quite unlike any other collection of interviews... what they do is catch the exhilarating moment when it was fresh and very brave to say such things at all". (Scotsman)

[Αυτός ο τίτλος είναι Manufactured on Demand, τυπώνεται κατόπιν αιτήματος στον εκδότη. Σε περίπτωση που δεν είναι άμεσα διαθέσιμος στο κατάστημά μας, τότε οι χρόνοι παραλαβής του κυμαίνονται μεταξύ 6-8 εβδομάδων από την ημέρα παραγγελίας του.]

Περιεχόμενα

Preface
Introduction by Gauri Viswanathan
PART ONE: PERFORMANCE AND CRITICISM
Beginnings
In the Shadow of the West
Overlapping Territories: The World, the Text, and the Critic
Literary Theory at the Crossroads of Public Life
Criticism, Culture, and Performance
Criticism and the Art of Politics
Wild Orchids and Trotsky
Culture and Imperialism
Orientalism and After
Edward Said: Between Two Cultures
Peoples' Rights and Literature
Language, History, and the Production of Knowledge
I've Always Learnt During the Class
PART TWO: SCHOLARSHIP AND ACTIVISM
Can an Arab and a Jewish State Coexist?
Scholars, Media, and the Middle East
An Exile's Exile
American Intellectuals and Middle East Politics
The Need for Self-Appraisal
A Formula for More Husseins
Palestinian Voices in the U.S.
The Intellectuals and the War
What People in the U.S. Know About Islam Is a Stupid Cliche
Europe and Its Others: An Arab Perspective
Symbols Versus Substance: A Year After the Declaration of Principles
The Road Less Traveled
Returning to Ourselves
A State, Yes, But Not Just for Palestinians
Orientalism, Arab Intellectuals, Marxism, and Myth in Palestinian History
My Right of Return
Credit Acknowledgments
Index