ContentsForeword by Edward W. Said
Preface to the Updated Edition
1. Fanning the Flames
2. The Origins of the "Special Relationship"
3. Rejectionism and Accommodation
4. Isreal and Palestine: Historical Backgrounds
5. Peace for Galilee
6. Aftermath
7. The Road to Arma[...]

These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues--which grew out of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks--are an exchange between two of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: Daniel Barenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, and Edward W. Said, eminent literary critic and[...]

Since the 1948 war which drove them from their homeland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming The Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home with[...]

Censured and ultimately banned by the Freud Institute in Vienna, this lecture was eventually delivered by Edward Said at the Freud Museum in London. In it, he drew on sources from literature, archaeology, and social theory to examine the profound significance that "Moses and Monotheism," Sigmund Fre[...]

Med udgangspunkt i en kronologisk og tematisk gennemgang af den vestlige akademiske og litterære fremstilling af Orienten og den islamiske kultur kortlægger forfatteren forbindelsen mellem viden og magt fra Napoleons egyptiske felttog i 1798 ogtil USA's m[...]

Detta nummer av Arche, 2012:38-39, utgör delvis en fortsättning på det tema kring Michel Foucaults doktorsavhandling Vansinnets historia under den klassiska epoken (1961) som inleddes i nummer 2011:34-35. Tonvikten ligger denna gång mer på Foucaults betydelse för diskussionen om psykiatrin än[...]

Using an impressive array of material from literature, archaeology and social theory, Edward Said explores the profound implications of Freuds Moses and Monotheism for Middle-East politics today. The resulting book reveals Said's abiding interest in Freud's work and its important influence on his ow[...]