Edward Said (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

✍ Scribed by Bill Ashcroft and Pal Ahluwalia

• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Edward Said is perhaps best known as the author of Orientalism, a book which changed the face of critical theory and shaped the emerging field of post-colonial studies.This volume explains Said's key ideas, their contexts and impact, with reference to both his scholarship and journalism. These ideas include: the place of text and critic in the world knowledge, power and the construction of the 'Other'* the links between culture and imperialism.First published in 1999, this book has been fully updated and revised for the reader new to Said's work. The result is the ideal guide to one of today's most engaging critical thinkers for all literary students.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 6
COPYRIGHT......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 8
SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE......Page 10
WHY SAID?......Page 14
KEY IDEAS......Page 24
1 WORLDLINESS: THE TEXT......Page 26
2 WORLDLINESS: THE CRITIC......Page 40
3 ORIENTALISM......Page 60
4 CULTURE AS IMPERIALISM......Page 95
5 PALESTINE: LOSS AND EMPOWERMENT......Page 128
6 SAID’S LATE STYLE......Page 148
AFTER SAID......Page 162
FURTHER READING......Page 168
WORKS CITED......Page 183
INDEX......Page 193