Edward Said and the political present

Bibliographic Data

ID2469010
AuthorsNadia Abu El-Haj (0000-0003-2857-6645, Columbia University, corresponding author), Nadia Abu El‐haj
Year2005
Volume32
Issue4
Pages538-555
Publication date2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.2005.32.4.538
OpenAlexW2112788462
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited32

This article offers a reading of Edward Said's legacy. It engages Said's scholarly and political insights, on the one hand, and his vision of and life as an intellectual, on the other hand. The article focuses on his broader conceptual and methodological interventions, his analysis of the politics of empire (in the Middle East), and his passionate attachment to the question of Palestine. It also contextualizes Said's work in light of the contemporary political moment, arguing that he and that for which he is seen to stand have emerged as key flash points in the latest U.S. culture wars

Ancient history · Empire · Epistemology · Key (lock · Media studies · Palestine · Political science · Politics · Reading (process · Sociology · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy

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