Power, Politics, and Culture: An Interview with Edward Said ()

Author: V. S. Naipaul, translated by Shan Danxing
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Edward Said was a master of "talk," speeches, and debates. His interviews or dialogues had been published in four books before his death. This book is the most comprehensive, selecting 29 representative interviews and dialogues from hundreds of conversations between 1976 and 2000, offering an in-depth yet accessible interpretation and presentation of his intellectual journey. Said "speaks from personal experience," presenting us with his literary and cultural insights, academic and philosophical views, as well as his social concerns, historical awareness, and political perspectives. We will hear him discuss the state of Western and European academia and intellectual circles, the role of critics in society, the writing process of Orientalism, the situation in Palestine, the Gulf War, Israel, the Oslo Peace Agreement, Islam and censorship, Saddam, and of course, his admiration and enthusiasm for figures like Vico, Conrad, Gramsci, Adorno, Chomsky, and Gould. Through this book, we may gain a deeper understanding of his works Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, as well as a more intimate insight into who he was.