topic: Edward Said

Sound and Vision
September 26, 2013
Edward Said was many things for many people, but in reality, his was a musician's soul, in the deepest sense of the word. He wrote about...
retrospectives
The Clash of Ignorance
September 26, 2013
Samuel Huntington's article "The Clash of Civilizations?" appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs, where it immediately...
retrospectives
The Public Role of Writers and Intellectuals
September 26, 2013
In everyday usage in the languages and cultures with which I am familiar, a "writer" is a person who produces literature--that is, a...
retrospectives
An Encounter with Jean-Paul Sartre
September 26, 2013
Once the most celebrated intellectual, Jean-Paul Sartre had, until quite recently, almost faded from view. He was already being attacked...
retrospectives
Imperial Continuity: Palestine, Iraq, and U.S. Policy
September 26, 2013
retrospectives
The Essential Terrorist
September 26, 2013
As a word and concept, "terrorism" has acquired an extraordinary status in American public discourse. It has displaced Communism as public...