Edward Said
Subtitle: the legacy of a public intellectual
By: edited by Ned Curthoys and Debjani Ganguly
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Carlton, Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780522853568
Subjects: Intellectuals; Criticism and interpretation; Political activity
Description: "This collection is an enterprise of discovery and critical inquiry into the legacy of one of late modernity's greatest public intellectuals, Edward Said. Noted contributors, including Bill Ashcroft, John Docker, Lisa Lowe, Hsu-ming Teo and Patrick Wolfe, address an array of intellectual, political and cultural issues in their engagement with Said's oeuvre. Exciting new scholarship highlights the ways in which humanities in the twenty-first century can engage with Said's legacy, which includes his imbrications of culture and imperialism, his cosmopolitan critique of the idea of 'clash of civilisations', and his belief that theintellectual needs to maintain 'intellectual performances' on many fronts. The individual chapters achieve a sense of balance between the two poles of Said's persona: the brilliant and intimidating literary and music critic who invested deeply in an inclusive and democratic vision of humanism and the outspoken publicintellectual who kept alive the truth of Palestine and the dangers of a settler colonial ethos"--Product Description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.