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Orientalism
Häftad, 2003
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
145 kr
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The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, …
Question of Palestine
Häftad, 2024
194 kr
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A major work by one of the great public intellectuals of the twentieth century, The Question of Palestine was the first book to narrate the modern Palestinian experience in English. Edward Said’s project to ‘bring Palestine into history’ was unquestionably a success – there is no longer a question …
Question of Palestine
Häftad, 1992
204 kr
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This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. • With a new foreword by Saree Makdisi "A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis "Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read …
Covering Islam
How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (Fully Revised Edition)
Häftad, 1997
147 kr
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From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the World Trade Centre bombing, the West has been haunted by a spectre called 'Islam'. As portrayed by the news media - and by a chorus of government, academic and corporate experts - 'Islam' is synonymous with terrorism and religious …
Blaming the Victims
Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
Av Christopher Hitchens, Edward W Said
Häftad, 2026
214 kr
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Since the Nakba in 1948, Israel has consistently denied Palestinians the most basic democratic rights. Originally published in 1988, Blaming the Victims shows how the cruel fate of this beleaguered people has been justified by spurious scholarship and biased journalism.Nearly forty years on, …
Culture and Imperialism
Häftad, 2024
167 kr
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‘Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of Edward Said's analytical prowess will not be disappointed . . . Those discovering Said for the first time will be profoundly impressed’ Toni MorrisonFollowing his profoundly influential study Orientalism, Edward W. Said turned his attention to …
Mimesis
The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition
Av Erich Auerbach, Edward W. Said
Häftad, 2013
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
303 kr
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More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis remains a masterpiece of literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depicted reality has taught generations …
Arche : tidskrift för psykoanalys, humaniora och arkitektur Nr 38-39
Av Per Magnus Johansson, Michel Foucault m. fl.
2012
220 kr
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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 på …
Blaming the Victims
Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
Av Christopher Hitchens, Edward W Said
Häftad, 2001
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
385 kr
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Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, 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 …
Representations of the Intellectual
E-bok, 2012
95 kr
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In these six essays--delivered on the BBC as the prestigious Reith Lectures--Edward Said addresses the ways in which the intellectual can best serve society in the light of a heavily compromised media and of special interest groups who are protected at the cost of larger community concerns. Said …
Orientalism
E-bok, 2014
237 kr
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More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said''s groundbreaking critique of the West''s historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic. In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the …
Out Of Place
A Memoir
Häftad, 2000
153 kr
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Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This account of his early life reveals how it influenced his books Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism. Edward Said was born in Jerusalem and brought up in Cairo, …
Beginnings
Intentions And Method
Häftad, 2012
215 kr
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A "beginning," especially as embodied in much modern thought, is its own method, Edward Said argues in this classic treatise on the role of the intellectual and the goal of criticism. Distinguishing between "origin," which is divine, mythical, and privileged, and "beginning," which is secular and …
On Late Style
Music and Literature Against the Grain
E-bok, 2008
140 kr
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In this fascinating book, Edward Said looks at the creative contradictions that often mark the late works of literary and musical artists. Said shows how the approaching death of an artist can make its way into his work, examining essays, poems, novels, films, and operas by such artists as …
Out Of Place
A Memoir
Häftad, 2026
153 kr
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Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This account of his early life reveals how it influenced his books Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism. Edward Said was born in Jerusalem and brought up in Cairo, …
Reflections On Exile
And Other Literary And Cultural Essays
Häftad, 2012
208 kr
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With their powerful blend of political and aesthetic concerns, Edward W. Said's writings have transformed the field of literary studies. As in the title essay, the widely admired "Reflections on Exile," the fact of his own exile and the fate of the Palestinians have given both form and the force of …
Peace And Its Discontents
Essays on Palestine in the Middle East Peace Process
E-bok, 2012
78 kr
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In works such as Culture and Imperialism, Said has compelled us to question our culture''s most privileged myths. Now with this impassioned and incisive book, our foremost Palestinian-American intellectual challenges the official version of the Middle East "peace process." "He challenges and …
Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography
E-bok, 2008
457 kr
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Edward W. Said locates Joseph Conrad's fear of personal disintegration in his constant re-narration of the past. Using the author's personal letters as a guide to understanding his fiction, Said draws an important parallel between Conrad's view of his own life and the manner and form of his …
From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map
Essays
E-bok, 2007
205 kr
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In his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W. Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian cause from one of its most eloquent spokesmen. These essays, which originally appeared in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Weekly , London’s Al-Hayat , and the London Review of Books , take …
Power, Politics, and Culture
E-bok, 2007
95 kr
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Edward Said has long been considered one of the world’s most compelling public intellectuals, taking on a remarkable array of topics with his many publications. But no single book has encompassed the vast scope of his stimulating erudition quite like Power, Politics, and Culture , a collection of …
Selected Works of Edward W. Said, 1966 - 2006
Av Edward W. Said, Andrew Rubin m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
79 kr
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Edward Said, the renowned literary and cultural critic and passionately engaged intellectual, is one of our era''s most formidable, provocative, and important thinkers. For more than three decades his books, which include Culture and Imperialism , Peace and Its Discontents , and the seminal study …
Parallels and Paradoxes
Explorations in Music and Society
Av Daniel Barenboim, Edward W. Said
E-bok, 2008
110 kr
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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 …
Politics of Dispossession
The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994
E-bok, 2012
110 kr
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Ever since the appearance of his groundbreaking The Question of Palestine, Edward Said has been America''s most outspoken advocate for Palestinian self-determination. As these collected essays amply prove, he is also our most intelligent and bracingly heretical writer on affairs involving not only …
Out of Place
A Memoir
E-bok, 2012
189 kr
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From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he …
The Selected Works of Edward W. Said, 1966 - 2006
Av Edward W. Said, Moustafa Bayoumi
Häftad, 2019
274 kr
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Musical Elaborations
Häftad, 2026
249 kr
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From one of the world's most beloved and respected public intellectuals comes a sweeping work of musical criticism, examining the distance between the performer and their audience "Not since Virgil Thomson have we had a music critic with as wide ranging a view as Edward Said."—Studs Terkel …
