Edward Said
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...
Edward Said
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...
Edward Said
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...
Edward Said
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...