Edward Said
Biographic Data
| ID | 118968 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Said |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Said |
| SIGNATURE | SAID E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 52 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1366 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 52 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Permissão para narrar
“Permissão para narrar” foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1984, no Journal of Palestine Studies, e, curiosamente, não havia ainda sido traduzido para o português. Sua espantosa atualidade nos leva a refletir sobre o que vemos ainda hoje em relação à questão Palestina, porém sem se resumir a ela. O brilhantismo crítico de Edward Said se revela nesse artigo quando entramos, em sua companhia, nos desdobramentos do pontual e fatídico evento do verão…
The Middle East Peace Process De-Mystified
Introduction to Orientalism
Orientalism
Continued investment made Orientalism, as a system of knowledge about the Orient, an accepted grid for filtering through the Orient into Western consciousness, just as that same investment multiplied — indeed, made truly productive — the statements proliferating out from Orientalism into the general culture. In a quite constant way, Orientalism depends for its strategy on this flexible positional superiority, which puts the Westerner in a whole s…
Sobre a Universidade
Este artigo, baseado em conferência realizada na Universidade Americana do Cairo, foi primeiramente publicado como: SAÏD, Edward W. On the University. Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, n. 25, p. 26-36, 2005. Tradução para o português de Everson Machado. Publicação autorizada. Agradecemos ao Professor Walid El Hamamsy, editor Chefe da revista Alif, a autorização para a publicação em português
On the University
This article is based on a conference held at American University of Cairo and first appeared as: SAÏD, Edward W. On the University. Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics, n. 25, p. 26-36, 2005
“Introduction,” from Orientalism
Secular Interpretation, the Geographical Element, and the Methodology of Imperialism
Introduction to Orientalism
This chapter presents commonly used terms in the study of postcolonialism. The terms listed begin with the alphabet “B”. Detailed explanation is provided for several terms, including barbarian/barbaric, Black Atlantic and black consciousness. Each entry includes the origin of the term; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term's use in literary-cultural texts. People from Barbary (North Africa) were called barbaria…
Orientalism
The author presents a critique of the Western World's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East and Arab people. In this study, the author traces the origins of the West's concept of "Orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East
Théories intercontinentales: Voyages du comparatisme postcolonial
S'il est un courant qui a animé les sciences humaines au cours des dernières décennies, c'est bien celui des théories postcoloniales. Vaste nébuleuse discutée à travers le monde, leur essor doit beaucoup à quelques figures majeures qui ont en commun d'enseigner la littérature anglaise et comparée dans des universités anglo-saxonnes, principalement nord-américaines, tout en étant originaires d'autres continents.Ce livre collectif explore l'inciden…
Appendix: Versions and Variants
Two decades after it was first published, a powerful oral epic from Madagascar is once again available to a global readership, in print and online.How to Read a Folktale: The Ibonia Epic from Madagascar is the story of a story; a compelling Malagasy tale of love and power, brought to life by Lee Haring.Throughout this carefully updated text, Haring is our expert guide and witness.He provides helpful historical background and deep exegesis; but he…
‘Introduction to Orientalism’
Orientalism Once More
Punishment by Detail
Aside from the obvious physical discomforts, being ill for a long period of time fills the spirit with a terrible feeling of helplessness, but also with periods of analytic lucidity, which, of course, must be treasured. For the past three months, now I have been in and out of the hospital, with days marked by lengthy and painful treatments, blood transfusions, endless tests, hours and hours of unproductive time spent staring at the ceiling, drain…
The Desertions of Arafat
As pressures mount upon the Palestinians and Israel continues its drive to put down the second Intifada, what kind of leadership does the PNA provide? Excoriating its irresponsibility and corruption, Edward Said issues a call for Arafat’s departure
Culture et Imperialisme
Out of Place: A Memoir
America’s Last Taboo
The Palestinian uprising and the blackout of its human and geographical realities by the US media. Edward Said looks at the power of the Zionist lobby in American public life, and warns of the fatal blindness of the PLO and Arab world towards it
Not all the way to the tigers: Britten’s Death in Venice
The President and the Baseball Player
N ow that most of the Starr Report has been released and read by people all over the world, one can stand back a little and try to make sense of this quite extraordinary episode in American history. The fact is, first of all, that there is simply no precedent for it whatsoever. The Independent Prosecutor Act, by which Congress established the office of a special investigator for executive branch misdemeanors, is hardly a decade old, and the kind …
Protecting the Kosovars
Once again, and led by the United States as usual, a war is being conducted—this time in Europe—against an unprincipled and racist dictator who will almost certainly survive the onslaught, even though thousands of innocents will pay the actual price. The pretext this time is, of course, the
Edward Said talks to Jacqueline Rose
On 14 May 1997, as part of the Brighton Festival, Jacqueline Rose interviewed Edward Said. Critical Quarterly is pleased to be able to publish this interview
Orientalism
Empire and Knowledge: More Troubles, New Opportunities for Sociology
Culture and Imperialism
This essay examines the complex relationship between culture and imperialism, arguing that cultural narratives and representations play a crucial role in shaping imperial power dynamics. Edward Said contends that dominant cultures, particularly those of Western imperial powers, construct narratives that justify and perpetuate their dominance over colonized societies. These narratives often portray colonized peoples as inferior, exotic, or in need…
Permission to Narrate
As a direct consequence of Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon an international commission of six jurists headed by Sean MacBride undertook a mission to investigate reported Israeli violations of international law during the invasion. The commission's conclusions were published in Israel in Lebanonl by a British publisher: it is reasonably clear that no publisher could or ever will be found for the book in the US. Anyone inclined to doubt the Israe…
Orientalism Once More
Empire and Knowledge: More Troubles, New Opportunities for Sociology
Permission to Narrate
Orientalism
The author presents a critique of the Western World's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East and Arab people. In this study, the author traces the origins of the West's concept of "Orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East
Culture et Imperialisme
Edward Said's Culture and Imperialism: A Symposium
Between the appearance of Orientalism in 1978 and Culture and Imperialism in the spring of 1993, there have been some interesting and paradoxical years. Edward Said has done a great deal of political writing about the Palestinians and American foreign policy, and he has become a public figure in a sense that would apply to very few literary critics, however respected. But he has not had the sort of public influence he desired. American policy tow…
Spurious scholarship and the Palestinian question
The voice of a Palestinian in exile
The Burdens of Interpretation and the Question of Palestine
Orientalism
Théories intercontinentales: Voyages du comparatisme postcolonial
S'il est un courant qui a animé les sciences humaines au cours des dernières décennies, c'est bien celui des théories postcoloniales. Vaste nébuleuse discutée à travers le monde, leur essor doit beaucoup à quelques figures majeures qui ont en commun d'enseigner la littérature anglaise et comparée dans des universités anglo-saxonnes, principalement nord-américaines, tout en étant originaires d'autres continents.Ce livre collectif explore l'inciden…
Punishment by Detail
Aside from the obvious physical discomforts, being ill for a long period of time fills the spirit with a terrible feeling of helplessness, but also with periods of analytic lucidity, which, of course, must be treasured. For the past three months, now I have been in and out of the hospital, with days marked by lengthy and painful treatments, blood transfusions, endless tests, hours and hours of unproductive time spent staring at the ceiling, drain…
Peace and the Middle East
I’m going to talk about peace in the Middle East, in the context of the continuing Persian Gulf War, since it isn’t really over as you know, but also in the context of the question of Palestine that is most important to me and to I suppose many people in this room and elsewhere in the country. The immediate situation at present is rather dramatic. There is a persisting conflict between the United States and Iraq. There is also, rather dramaticall…
Narrative, Geography and Interpretation
Whenever a great intellectual and moral presence like Raymond Williams suddenly disappears from his habitual place among us it is natural at first to restore him by various ceremonies and activites of commemoration. The sense of loss and bereavement that was felt immediately after Williams’s death in 1988
The Challenge of Palestine
Intifada and Independence
The Palestinian uprising or intifada on the West Bank and Gaza is said to have begun on December 9, 1987. A month earlier an Arab summit meeting in Amman had resolved the usual moral support for the cause of Palestine, although the various kings and presidents had also indicated that their primary interest was not Palestine but the Iran-Iraq war. This partial demotion of Palestine was gleefully noted by commentators in the United States who were …
Identity, Negation and Violence
As something to be talked and written about, as a phenomenon with nearly hysterical descriptions and pronouncements routinely added to its name as a mobilizing theme for politicians, armies, navies and air forces, ‘terrorism’ has now lost a good deal of its power. A mere matter of months
The Burdens of Interpretation and the Question of Palestine
Us Policy and The Conflict of Powers in the Middle East
(1973). Us Policy and The Conflict of Powers in the Middle East. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 30-50
US Policy and the Conflict of Powers in the Middle East
An Ethics of Language
The Idea of Palestine in the West
Orientalism
Permission to Narrate
As a direct consequence of Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon an international commission of six jurists headed by Sean MacBride undertook a mission to investigate reported Israeli violations of international law during the invasion. The commission's conclusions were published in Israel in Lebanonl by a British publisher: it is reasonably clear that no publisher could or ever will be found for the book in the US. Anyone inclined to doubt the Israe…
Permission to Narrate
The Burdens of Interpretation and the Question of Palestine
The Burdens of Interpretation and the Question of Palestine
On Palestinian Identity: A Conversation with Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie: The purpose of this evening is to talk about Edward’s new book, After the Last Sky. First I would like briefly to introduce Edward—although, judging by the number of people who have come and are unable to get in, that may hardly be necessary. For
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
The voice of a Palestinian in exile
The Shultz Meeting with Edward Said and Ibrahim Abu-Lughod
Identity, Negation and Violence
As something to be talked and written about, as a phenomenon with nearly hysterical descriptions and pronouncements routinely added to its name as a mobilizing theme for politicians, armies, navies and air forces, ‘terrorism’ has now lost a good deal of its power. A mere matter of months
Blaming the Victims: Spurious Scholarship and the Palestinian Question
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 within the boundaries of historical Palestine and even to deny their very existence. Beginning with a thorough expose of the fraudulent assertions of Joan…
Spurious scholarship and the Palestinian question
C. L. R. James: The Artist as Revolutionary
For several years I have been introducing students and friends to C.L.R. James’s book, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution. Originally published in 1938, it is a study of the great Haitian slave insurrection that began in 1791 and was directly influenced by the
The Challenge of Palestine
Intifada and Independence
The Palestinian uprising or intifada on the West Bank and Gaza is said to have begun on December 9, 1987. A month earlier an Arab summit meeting in Amman had resolved the usual moral support for the cause of Palestine, although the various kings and presidents had also indicated that their primary interest was not Palestine but the Iran-Iraq war. This partial demotion of Palestine was gleefully noted by commentators in the United States who were …
Narrative, Geography and Interpretation
Whenever a great intellectual and moral presence like Raymond Williams suddenly disappears from his habitual place among us it is natural at first to restore him by various ceremonies and activites of commemoration. The sense of loss and bereavement that was felt immediately after Williams’s death in 1988
Criticism, Culture, and Performance: An Interview with Edward Said
Peace and the Middle East
I’m going to talk about peace in the Middle East, in the context of the continuing Persian Gulf War, since it isn’t really over as you know, but also in the context of the question of Palestine that is most important to me and to I suppose many people in this room and elsewhere in the country. The immediate situation at present is rather dramatic. There is a persisting conflict between the United States and Iraq. There is also, rather dramaticall…
New Historical Literary Study: Essays on Reproducing Texts, Representing History
Culture and Imperialism
This essay examines the complex relationship between culture and imperialism, arguing that cultural narratives and representations play a crucial role in shaping imperial power dynamics. Edward Said contends that dominant cultures, particularly those of Western imperial powers, construct narratives that justify and perpetuate their dominance over colonized societies. These narratives often portray colonized peoples as inferior, exotic, or in need…
Secular Interpretation, the Geographical Element, and the Methodology of Imperialism
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