"Exiles in the City: Hannah Arendt and Edward W. Said in Counterpoint, " by William V. Spanos, explores the affiliative relationship between Arendt's and Said's thought, not simply their mutual emphasis on the importance of the exilic consciousness in an age characterized by the decline of the natio[...]
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[...]
From its establishment to the present day, Israel has enjoyed a special position in the American roster of international friends. In Fateful Triangle Noam Chomsky explores the character and historical development of this special relationship.[...]
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[...]
Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late forties and early fifties. This account of his early life reveals the influences that have formed his books, "Orientalism" and "Culture and Imperialism".[...]
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[...]
Orientalismi on jälkikoloniaalisen kritiikin avainteos. Siinä Edward W. Said (1935-2003) tarkastelee länsimaisia käsityksiä orientista ja sen asukkaista.Ajatus itäisen maailman "toiseudesta" on juurtunut syvälle länsimaiseen kulttuuriin. Sen ilmentymiä Said löytää niin antiikin Kreikan n[...]