The Pen and the Sword - Conversations with Edward Said

Interviews with the late Edward Said, world-renowned literary scholar, cultural critic, and advocate for Palestinian rights.

About the author

David Barsamian is the director of Alternative Radio in Boulder, Colorado. He is the author of numerous books, including Targeting Iran and What We Say Goes (with Noam Chomsky).

Summary

Interviews with the late Edward Said, world-renowned literary scholar, cultural critic, and advocate for Palestinian rights.

Foreword

We plan to promote this work at major academic, literary, and political conferences. It is also an excellent primer on Said's thought, we will promote it for use in college courses. We will have Galleys for the ME studies Association conference in Boston during Thanksgiving holiday. We will also market this title through co-author David Barsamian's popular Alternative Radio program We will do a mass mailing and emailing to Middle East scholars and activists

Additional text

From Publisher's Weekly: "Through five interviews with the author of Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, Alternative Radio director Barsamian provides an accessible, engaging introduction to Said's thoughts on topics from Jane Austen to Jerusalem. Said is forthright, even blunt, and he demonstrates a thrilling capacity for integrating culture and politics-discussing, for example, how Joseph Conrad understood imperialism but was unable to see possibilities for national independence movements."

Product details

• Authors: David Barsamian, Barsamian David, Edward W. Said
• Assisted by: Eqbal Ahmad (Introduction), Nubar Hovsepian (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9781931859950
• ISBN: 978-1-931859-95-0
• Weight: 217 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Cultural Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Politics & government, Politics and government