Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said (English) Paperback Book

Description: Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said Following his profoundly influential study, Orientalism, Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, Culture and Imperialism is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialismFollowing his profoundly influential study, Orientalism, Edward Said now examines western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to media coverage of the Gulf War, Culture and Imperialism is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. Notes Reissue of Saids examining of western culture, which takes in everything from Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, Yeats and media coverage of the Gulf War. Has an eloquent, urgent topicality rare in books by literary critics Camille Paglia Author Biography Edward Said was born in Jerusalem in 1935. In 1951 he attended a private preparatory high school in Massachusetts, America and he went on to study at Princeton University for his BA and at Yale for his MA and PhD. He became University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia Unversity. Said was bestowed with numerous honorary doctorates from universities around the world and twice received Columbias Trilling Award and the Wellek Prize of the American Comparative Literature Association. He is best known for describing and critiquing Orientalism and his book on the subject was published in 1978. He died in 2003. Review Culture and Imperialism has an eloquent, urgent topicality rare in books by literary critics -- Camille PagliaReaders accustomed to the precision and elegance of Edward Saids analytical prowess will not be disappointed by Culture and Imperialism. Those discovering Said for the first time will be profoundly impressed -- Toni MorrisonEdward Said helps us to understand who we are and what we must do if we are to aspire to be moral agents, not servants of power -- Noam Chomsky Promotional From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialism Kirkus US Review Saids latest book largely reiterates his familiar argument for cultural recognition of the "Other" (more cogently marshalled in his Orientalism, 1978), particularly the colonized "Other" that has been molded in popular perception by the crucial (to Said) element of Western imperialism. Perusing Verdis Aida, Conrads Heart of Darkness, Kiplings Kim, even Jane Austens Mansfield Park, Said insists that the fact that one culture has dominated another is the subtext for any 19th-century exploration of the exotic - or even, in Austens case, for "the ordination" of the colonizers rights and local freedoms. Said, though a gifted professor, is a gluey stylist ("Moreover, the various struggles for dominance among states, nationalisms, ethnic groups, regions, and cultural entities have conducted and simplified a manipulation of opinion and discourse, a production and consumption of ideological media representations, a simplification and reduction of vast complexities into easy currency, the easier to deploy and exploit them in the interest of state politics") - and he is certainly subject to his own charges of simplification. Didnt colonized cultures have, in turn, their own colonies, imperialisms, dominations? Has there ever been a human society in which the "Other," the "impure," the "raw," the "strange" hasnt been used as a lever for advantage? Is culture, for that matter, supposed to be complex and fair - or is it, rather, self-essential and reflective? Said spends no time weighing these questions, which he sends out onto the field but never puts in play. Its following the sections of highly tenuous lit-crit here that Saids lack of focus and ill-thought-out positions become most apparent. Drifting screeds and apologies - against the Gulf War, for Oliver Stones JFK and the equally astigmatic Salman Rushdie - plus ever more academic recommendations of scholarly books Said agrees with give his own a tiresome, soapboxy sensibility, undercutting its formality and most of its seriousness. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text Culture and Imperialism has an eloquent, urgent topicality rare in books by literary critics Review Quote Edward Said helps us to understand who we are and what we must do if we are to aspire to be moral agents, not servants of power Promotional "Headline" From the author of Orientalism , a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialism Details ISBN0099967502 Author Edward W. Said ISBN-10 0099967502 ISBN-13 9780099967507 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Short Title CULTURE & IMPERIALISM Language English Residence US Birth 1935 Death 2003 Series Vintage Books Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 1994 DEWEY 809.894 Pages 528 Publication Date 1994-01-06 UK Release Date 1994-01-06 AU Release Date 1994-01-06 NZ Release Date 1994-01-06 Illustrator Quentin Blake Translator Humphrey Davies Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Alternative 9781448161904 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:906885;

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