The Limits of Postcolonial Criticism: The Discourse of Edward SaidSan Juan, E. Jr.
Article
1998
Against the Current
ONE OF THE fundamental discoveries of Marxist historiography is that capitalism as a world system has developed unevenly, with the operations of the “free market” determined by unplanned but (after an...
Said, EdwardSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and advocate for Palestinian rights.
Edward Said's shadowy legacyTricky with argument, weak in languages, careless of facts: but, thirty years on, Said still dominates debate
Irwin, Robert
Article
2008
Times Literary Supplement
So many academics want the arguments presented in Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) to be true. It discourages any kind of critical approach to Islam in Middle Eastern studies.